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“So happy anniversary. God bless you, and God bless the United States.”

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life,” he wrote on X. “Thank you for your trust, prayers, and support. God bless WNC and America.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

I was born here, and I love this country, and God bless us is all I can say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

God bless them for their noise and colour and all-round cuddliness.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

She wished she could believe that one was Papá’s and that wherever she went he would look down on her and bless and protect her.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

These are from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus blesses the poor, the meek and the peacemakers, and then calls on his followers to turn the other cheek and love their enemies.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

If California blesses liability for the pace of innovation, other states will feel the pull.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

As the echoing synth wanes, she blesses them and wishes them safety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025

And his mother blesses him with water and basil leaves to keep the bad vibrations away.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Uncle Leang looks at her, face hanging, eyes blinking rapidly, and blesses Ma for a safe journey.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

I am sure of it not because I remember writing this thing in fits and starts throughout Saturday, but because an A.I. detector called Pangram blessed these paragraphs with a “100% Human Written” score.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

“I’ve had a super blessed writing career, but the highest highs I’ve ever had are on a baseball field.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

“I’m very delighted and blessed and thrilled to say I’ve got so many grandparents now.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

“I’m at 90% now, which is phenomenal. And I am truly blessed for it, but I can’t stop thinking of getting to 100%,” one wrote on Reddit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

“We are truly blessed to have you here. I would be dead if not for you.”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

It is “twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2017

"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; / While thou shalt flourish great and free, / The dread and envy of them all."

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2016

"In a land where movement is virtue, where the echo of heels clicking rapidly on pavement is inordinately blest, it is a grand, defiant, and edifying gesture to lie down for six months."

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2015

I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust.

From The Guardian ● May 26, 2014

In the last place, we must enquire whether the sight of the punishment of the condemned will impair the glory of the blest, or whether it will augment their beatitude.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky

"It's one thing to be welcomed into this franchise, and it's a whole other blessing to then get to introduce a new aspect to this incredible world," Eve told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

“I take it as a blessing that I can help the team in any way that I can,” Slaughter said about potentially starting at center if Biadasz is sidelined for an extended period of time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

When things go against you, leverage is a curse, not a blessing, as anyone who was on the wrong side of the housing crash nearly two decades ago knows.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The nuptials culminated on Saturday with a wedding breakfast hosted by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who offered his blessing to the newlyweds.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

The bell rang, and Hanako felt like the ringing was a blessing.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata