messiah
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He was once hailed as Liverpool's footballing messiah.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
When I suggest he’d become the VHS messiah if he succeeds at resurrecting VCRs, Perry doesn’t miss a beat: “Nothing would please me more.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
The Unification Church, known formally as The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, was founded in South Korea in the 1950s by Moon Sun-myung, who proclaimed himself the messiah.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
From Florida to Alaska, Native Americans perform the Ghost Dance, anticipating their own messiah.
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
By attacking apartheid in a way no other black American entertainer or athlete had done, Arthur Ashe did appear to be a sort of messiah.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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