pew
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This column is a sacred space, where consumers and not investors have the front pew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
In her student days, for stress relief, Ms. Chan would lie on a pew and gaze upon this “airy canopy of stone.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
“By staying put in that pew, a side is taken,” Jud insists to the parishioners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
A few hours before the memorial service began, Kasselia had been sitting in a pew in his empty church, trying to make sense of it.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
Although it was a nice tribute to Stan, we had zero hope of slipping into a back pew unnoticed.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
Still they say yes—freely, cheerfully, wholeheartedly—and the love emanating from the packed pews at the Cathedral of St. Agnes speaks to the hope these men represent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
By streaming standards, that’s enough to keep anyone planted in their living room’s pews.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
Some of the hymns and liturgy were the same as those sung by Anglicans around the world, but there were also differences, like the upbeat worship music that had the congregation dancing in the pews.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
His waywardness finally caught up with him, as he was in the church pews bunker left the fairway on the way to his first bogey of the day.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
First, we had an audience of ten people, but eventually it grew to twenty, everyone sitting shoulder to shoulder in those long pews.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
