hallelujah
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"Hallelujah, hallelujah," sang a group of volunteers in yellow t-shirts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Viking god Erling Haaland gave a hallelujah to the briny magic of a Katz’s pastrami.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“That was really a hallelujah moment, because I could do it in London and could recover at home,” she recalls.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2024
Then one day she left, and the skies opened as a heavenly host sang hallelujah.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
My mother followed right behind the pastor, accompanying his rhythmic prayer with hallelujah whispers, and my father’s manly but, I guess, godly grunts, all eventually—finally—leading to an amen.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
Now, meaning Monday afternoon, when Lincoln Riley shows up for his introductory news conference amid home runs, buzzer-beaters, Hail Marys and hallelujahs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2021
“Celia” is named after Savage’s mother, and the album ends with “Celia’s Song,” praising her with churchy hallelujahs.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2020
Many minutes later, the choir completes a vigorous round of “Selah” hallelujahs, trades embraces, and disperses.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2019
Franklin’s funeral was unapologetically black: ringing oratory from a rainbow of celebrities, friends, family members and preachers’ amens and hallelujahs caroming off the rafters of Detroit’s Greater Grace Temple.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2018
The pastor usually preached too long, and the hallelujahs sometimes got too loud.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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