baptism
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A pastor has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter after a man died during a baptism ceremony in Birmingham.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Balfe: It was a bit of a baptism of fire.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
French ice dancers Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry are poised to win Olympic gold in Milan despite a baptism of fire in their debut season with accusations of control and manipulation flying.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Doctors like Mel King, whose neurodivergence manifests as open, radical caring and diagnostic precision, or Whitaker, who was revealed to be unhoused himself at the end of his first season baptism by disaster.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026
After baptism Philomena said she had tea and ham and cakes in her house around the corner.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Vocabulary lists containing baptism
Power Suffix: -ism
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