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cardinal

[kahr-dn-l] / ˈkɑr dn l /


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A high-school English teacher of mine had a few cardinal rules for writing an essay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Beckett observed that when actress Julie Hesmondhalgh wore the shield she'd won, she looked like a "cardinal" in her long, red dress, adding: "I thought we were in the Vatican!"

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was nearly a half decade ago that Lincoln Riley, dressed in a slick blue suit and glossy cardinal tie, stood atop the Coliseum’s rooftop deck, grinning as he gazed out across the field below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

“Yet, many banks refuse to have any sort of framework to evaluate that, and certainly don’t communicate about it. To us, that is the cardinal sin.”

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

I think of the mud nest we made for the cardinal, all those years ago, and wonder if it’s still there.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

This included senior Catholic cardinals across Asia, the leadership of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, members of Tibetan Buddhist civil society and the administration in exile, according to the report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“We now have quite a few bishops and cardinals coming out and being present, which is very important. As far as our archdiocese is concerned — not so much.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

She knows the neighborhood visitors — a pair of cardinals, for instance — and frets about them when we’re away.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

Six months since a conclave of cardinals elected the first North American to the Papacy, some Catholics feel that Leo has been slow to stamp his own mark on the role.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

No longer could cardinals and clerics question the ancient doctrines.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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