pilgrim

Irshad Ahmed, a 49-year-old pilgrim, told AFP he was staying at a hostel in Tehran when he saw missiles being fired nearby.

From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026

Fearful of a future shackled to the home, Charu leaves at 16 to find her way in Bombay, the first of this pilgrim soul’s reinventions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Addressing a crowd of an estimated 150,000 people — including much of Lebanon’s political class — Leo described himself as “a pilgrim of hope to the Middle East.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 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

Following closely behind them perhaps there would have strode a professional pilgrim, supporting himself on a stout knobbed staff shod like an alpenstock and weighed down with blessed medals, relics, shells, vernicles and so forth.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

His mausoleum, which dates to the 9th Century and has a towering golden dome and minarets, is visited by millions of pilgrims each year.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The heat was unrelenting, but there were some shoppers, pilgrims and tourists around - and the vendors said they'd set up shops in the hope of finding some customers.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Despite the war, Saudi officials said over the weekend that more pilgrims had travelled from abroad this year than in 2025.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

More than 50,000 healthcare staff and 3,000 ambulances were deployed to help pilgrims in need, the Saudi health ministry said.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Beena Mol was full of pilgrims who’d had their heads shaved at Tirupati.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy