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pilgrim

[pil-grim, -gruhm] / ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm /
NOUN
wayfarer
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The city's many pilgrim tour companies sit idle.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Historians can argue otherwise, but not “convincingly” for this pilgrim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

All of them were to get a cut of the pilgrim income from those who came to pray to the saint.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

"I have gone from a traitor to a pilgrim in a year. You couldn't ask for a better student, could you?" says Amanda.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Then our group reached the clerks who examined each passport and suitcase carefully and nodded to the pilgrim to move on.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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