missionary
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My grandpa retired at 70 after working as a missionary for most of his life and later at a national laboratory.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
The first missionary arrived on Easter Island in 1864: By 1868 all the islanders had been baptized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
He was a ghoulish host of a late-night television horror program in the 2005 vampire movie “The Roost,” then played a wagon-train missionary in the 2007 western “Seraphim Falls.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026
Liu said he saw himself as a "missionary" spreading cycle culture.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
The missionary had been too long at his cell.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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