pray
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"I pray for his speedy recovery and good health."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Some churches in and around India's financial capital Mumbai have begun asking worshippers to give a declaration in writing - "I came here to pray of my own free will."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In lieu of warning Europe to evacuate, they pray and make a plan to cover their asses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
As football season kicks off, fans and players alike pray fervently for victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
I hang my head and pray for this day to be over.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
After he tells her he’s just hungry, they get lunch, where Kedric, 32, prays that the Lord will “heal us from Pilates.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Semenyo says he prays before games and at the hotel the night before a match alongside team-mates Jeremy Doku and Marc Guehi, which gives them "maximum strength".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“I don’t have the support of having an outlet for anger, fear and grief,” said Kemper, who journals, prays and keeps a website with updates on her dad.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Tamer Bar, 39, prays at the mosque at least two times a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Joey prays and prepares herself as best she can.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
He embraced the pain and prayed his competitors wouldn’t catch up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Pope then travelled to Lourdes, where he prayed in the grotto where the Virgin Mary was believed to have appeared in the 19th century.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
"I want to thank my legal team and everyone who has stood with and supported me, and especially the many people who have prayed for me throughout this ordeal."
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Nepal held a national day of mourning Monday for victims of devastating glacial floods, as families of missing hydropower workers feared trapped in tunnels prayed rescuers might yet find them alive.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
In the late 1930s and 1940s, security was so tight that “you just hoped and prayed you wouldn’t have to know what you didn’t want to know.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
“Our soldiers are praying a lot more than they used to.”
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
"I couldn't describe what I am feeling right now. I have been crying and praying since last night," Magbanua says.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“There were no other contributing conditions, only exertion-related heat. This is not a coma, and the family is at his bedside praying for a miracle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Winter-sports enthusiasts are praying to Ullr, Norse god of snow, for El Niño to deliver spectacular snowfall over the Rocky Mountains—at least according to a press release issued by Vail Resorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
I’d spent the last few nights mulling over what I’d say to Momma and then praying the right words would be enough.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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