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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

Every person is a pilgrim on their own grief journey.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

An avid researcher armed with a camera, Enriquez is both reporter and pilgrim.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

After a while he said: ‘Look, Mick! You see that branch of the tree? Don’t it look like a pilgrim forefather lying down with a gun in his hand?’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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