preaching
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“Now, I’ve got to show them what I’ve been preaching to them since they were born.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
This is where we find Lestat in Season 3, preaching the gospel that this is his time.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
He stops shaving, bathing or wearing shoes and begins preaching the joys of simplicity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But he believes the mentality the group is preaching, one that has roots in the Ferrari pit-crew model of a generation ago, will have equally profound results.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The preaching goes on, interrupted with dutiful “amens.”
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Iranian diplomats for years have pointed to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s preachings as a binding fatwa, or religious edict, that Iran wouldn’t seek an atomic bomb.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
His Holiness doesn't have any pets of his own, staying true to his preachings.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2022
In less than two years, Maddon’s freethinking philosophy has elevated him to cult figure status in Chicago, where his Zen-like preachings are emblazoned on T-shirts sold all over the city.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2016
Hamilton's preachings soon came to the attention of the Archbishop of St Andrews and the university's chancellor James Beaton who ordered the inquiry which led to his trial and execution.
From BBC ● May 3, 2016
Poor old soul, I never gave her any reason to think that I believed her preachings although she has come faithfully every week to visit me.
From In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India by Emily Churchill Thompson Sheets
