cardinal
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It did strike me as odd, however, that “Tony” is forged on a factual alteration that diverts Tony from the kitchen far too often — the movie’s cardinal sin.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
"Crowded into the room were members of parliament, city authorities and, I seem to remember, a single red-hatted cardinal from the Vatican."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Her crime, she believes, is “the cardinal scientific sin of anthropomorphizing trees by using the metaphor of the mother tree.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Freedom of circulation is a cardinal principle of maritime law.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
Once he ate a cardinal right on the kitchen step.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
Her recent joint interview with three U.S. cardinals about Pope Leo XIV and his church’s opposition to the Iran war and Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown became a major story in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“I think the cardinals were looking for three things,” said Alistair Dutton, secretary-general of Caritas Internationalis, the global confederation of Catholic humanitarian organizations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Leo, 70, who has a history of missionary work in Peru and is the first pope from the United States, was elected in a conclave of cardinals on May 8.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
The richly-decorated 15th Century chapel is the setting for the conclave of cardinals that elects the pope.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
The thought of the cardinals driven to such unnatural behavior repelled me.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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