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Nearby, Iowa state congressman Eddie Andrews was hanging off the back of a farm tractor draped with stars-and-stripes livery, shouting "God bless America!" at the top of his lungs to crowds headed toward the Mall.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
My wife does the bulk of the troubleshooting on these problems, bless her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
To come into effect, the New York Legislature still needs to approve the amendment a second time next year, and then voters have to bless the constitutional rewrite in a referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Based on Rededicate 250’s marketing, most of the program looks likely to avoid overtly political rhetoric in favor of generic prayers calling on God to bless the country.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
“No, bless you, Sam. I haven’t got a sword of my own yet, but I will have some day.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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
And his mother blesses him with water and basil leaves to keep the bad vibrations away.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
In González’s view, “God blesses those who shake hands with those who need it. I hope that the politicians think of us and give us that helping hand that we need.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
He blesses me again, asks me to pray for him, and I’m happy trotting through the rainy streets of Limerick knowing Theresa is in heaven with the cough gone.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Speculation began well before the blessed events of July 3rd.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
He has been blessed with terrific talent but clearly has melded that talent to win games and keep the clubhouse on the same page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
"I've been blessed to work with one of the best writers, best lyricists in England, which is Terry Hall," Golding said.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
The stadium contains a chapel housing an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe blessed by Pope John Paul II during his 1999 visit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Rather, it has strengthened it: had there not been what has been, I might never have known how blessed we were.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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 Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Those operational ties are a major reason why its IPO plan needs Beijing’s blessing even though the company moved its headquarters to Singapore several years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Before launching, the pair met with the former charity's founders Jack Doyle and Graham Hall, who gave them "their blessing" to continue the work.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
This reading seems almost absurdly reductive; for one of many differences, Humbert Humbert is well aware that what he is doing is wrong, whereas the Iranian regime is confident it enjoys the blessing of God.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
It’s odd and discordant with a strange magic all its own — a blessing in what’s otherwise a lame remix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The Duke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
