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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

Another pilgrim who was on the bus, 53-year-old Vijayabhuvaneshwari, said: "We had no choice."

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

As we thrifted in Los Feliz, we found a gorgeous, ivory, vintage dress that either gave pilgrim vibes or cool courthouse wedding dress chic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Instead I knelt on the floor, feeling like a pilgrim begging advice from an all-knowing oracle.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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

Our revised route blessed us with hundreds of encounters with pilgrims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Among them are 77 pilgrims from spiritual leader Sadhguru's Isha Foundation, including Europeans, North Americans and Australians.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

A little while after they were gone a steward went through announcing the first service, and pilgrims, with their priests, commenced filing down the corridor.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway


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