hosanna
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He deserves a hosanna for saying: “Every time something bad happens, I say: ‘Good.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2020
The group objected to a single word used in the movie: hosanna.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012
Certainly it isn’t funny in “A Little Bit of Heaven,” a cringe-inducing romantic comedy turned cancer tragedy turned inspirational hosanna about living in the moment, embracing your bliss and other clichés.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2012
Mormons repeat “Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, to God and the Lamb” three times, sometimes accompanied by the waving of white handkerchiefs.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012
That their fraternity engaged in quasi-religious chanting and oath taking and hosanna hailing, all of it top secret, made it that much more appealing.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Shout-outs and hosannas too to the custom-compounded Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The 10th anniversary of Miranda’s Tony Award-winning, culturally transformative musical “Hamilton,” with the duel as its centerpiece, has occasioned a new wave of critical hosannas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer joined with hosannas, proclaiming it “a royal necklace across the bosom of the Queen City.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Or read "Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg," the book that kicked off all the hosannas for the still-living Ginsburg in the past few years.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2020
Messner and Habeler’s historic deed was not greeted with hosannas in all quarters, however, especially among the Sherpas.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Disband these New England societies—nurseries of a system of steadily augmenting laudation and hosannaing, which; if persisted in uncurbed, may some day in the remote future beguile you into prevaricating and bragging.
From Mark Twain's Speeches by Mark Twain
