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pilgrim

[pil-grim, -gruhm] / ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm /
NOUN
wayfarer
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A young Japanese pilgrim who had just completed the route took our photo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

“I’m just a weary pilgrim trying to find what feels like home,” she sings.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

I had only ever seen him on Zoom, and although he was tall, which was nice, I tried not to judge his brown cracked-leather buckled pilgrim shoes paired with high-waist Wrangler jeans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The city's many pilgrim tour companies sit idle.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

To my very pleasant surprise, I was not the only pilgrim on the path that day.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Pope Leo reassured pilgrims that the mass was "well-contained" and caught "at an early stage".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In late June, footage of a young Muslim man kicking a dog following Hindu pilgrims circulated widely on social media, triggering religious arguments online.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Somewhere around Temple 31, Chikurin-ji, where pilgrims pray to a deity of mental clarity, it became clear: We should rewrite our whole map to add more of the Henro into our 1,250-mile trip.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

But 583 foreigners remain unaccounted for, many of them pilgrims who had spent months preparing for the demanding trek around Mount Kailash.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

All that was left of the old Thebes was Harmonia’s necklace, which was taken to Delphi and for hundreds of years shown to the pilgrims there.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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