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
And yes, I practice what I preach and own an energy-stock fund in my own retirement accounts, though none of those mentioned.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 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
He began to pity her, and one day when he was to preach in the evening he invited her to come to church.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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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
But from the Old Testament to the New, it consistently preaches for the faithful to humble themselves, to help the poor and downtrodden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
The German preaches speed and intensity, pressing and hunting, and he saw plenty of it, but not from any of his players.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
China also has a long history of vegetarian cuisine that is strongly influenced by Buddhism, which preaches nonviolence and doing no harm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025
“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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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
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg oversaw the facility, which preached exercise, fresh air and eating a healthy diet, which included dried and crumbled grains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Generally speaking, I find the “millennials are entitled” narrative quite tired and sometimes preached by people who grew up in a much healthier economy.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026
The first building we pass is a tiny stone church, fresh and clean and open, not at all like the darkness Aaron preached in.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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This is where we find Lestat in Season 3, preaching the gospel that this is his time.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Amid the social inequity and climate apartheid, Fox tries offering hope, preaching about empathy with lines like “sharing is stronger than hoarding.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Is the man preaching salvation on the subway a predator?
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
"If someone wants to criticise me for preaching the Gospel... I hope simply to be listened to because of the value of God's words."
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
The service started and there was some singing and some sharing and some praying, and then the preacher started preaching.
From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
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