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hosanna

[hoh-zan-uh] / hoʊˈzæn ə /


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He deserves a hosanna for saying: “Every time something bad happens, I say: ‘Good.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2020

“He makes me do things I don’t wanna do,” Autumn sings, braving it alone onstage and turning a 1963 pop hosanna into something close to a mournful protest.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020

The group objected to a single word used in the movie: hosanna.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 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

Then the crowds descended on Mossadegh’s home, their eyes burning with fanatical fire, and shouted hosannas for the old man.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

For this, the hosannas for Christie have been raining down from the perches of the most comfortable members of the political punditry.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2023

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




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