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preach

[preech] / pritʃ /




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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

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

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

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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