preach
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Pastors and faith leaders can preach on any moral or social issue, including justice, poverty, immigration, war.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
"We want to be a place where there's a mixing of lots of perspectives, and this is us practicing what we preach -- a cosmologist working closely with a condensed matter theorist."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
Pratt needed to proselytize — not preach to the choir.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
I could preach more diversification to you, but I’m not sure you’d listen.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
“The boy could preach till he's purple,” the daughter told him.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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In closed-door sessions each quarter, JetZero’s team preaches to specialists from those airlines about specific elements of the aircraft, such as cabin layout, flight controls and cargo doors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
On Tuesday night, Lahmeyer, a 34-year-old who preaches in suits, announced that he was running to represent Tulsa’s solidly red district, which is currently held by Rep. Kevin Hern.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026
Smith-Njigba said Kupp’s greatest influence was the “process over results” Kupp preaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
But experts who work with children say that there is a long way to go before the system can properly implement the ideals the law preaches.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
“His church is mostly immigrants. They can’t understand him if he preaches in English.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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He blended into the crowd, grew his beard, attended the mosques where the killers preached, listened, questioned, checked rumors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Martin O'Neill sang their praises in the aftermath and preached caution ahead of the second leg, as he was obliged to do.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Abdel-Rahman lived and preached in New Jersey before he was convicted in 1995 of seditious conspiracy in relation to the first bombing of the World Trade Center.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Civic engagement was not something they preached, it was how they lived.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Once the team got caught up in the playoffs, Ivory never preached again.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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Much of my life is dedicated to preaching that art, and practicing reverence for it can be the glue that keeps us together when the world wants us torn apart.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
Though Awlaki's extremist preaching would come into sharper focus after 9/11, at the time the paintballing video was recorded he already had connections to al-Qaeda operatives and was shortly to be investigated by the FBI.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Unable to pick a lane and drive it, they keep ricocheting between preaching patience and acting impatiently.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
This is where we find Lestat in Season 3, preaching the gospel that this is his time.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
And praising like church folks, jumping from their seats when the music gets good and the preacher gets to preaching loud.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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