baptism
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Former midfielder Carrick was installed as boss until the end of the season this week and faces a baptism of fire when Manchester City visit on Saturday.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 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
In another part of town, a store owner who sells quinceañera and baptism dresses said her sales have dropped by 60% every month since August, and clients have postponed shopping.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Reddin's first major job was to appoint Tandy and it has been a baptism of fire in the first campaign for the new head coach.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
I witnessed and was sometimes invited to join christening and baptism parties, communion and wedding lunches, graduation dinners, wakes and funeral receptions.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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Power Suffix: -ism
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