preach
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Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall has told how he sets out to make nature "adventurous" and "cool" for children rather than preach to them.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
And for those that preach that he is a person of faith, my granddad, a lay Baptist minister, always said, you know, faith without action —
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
The strategists also preach caution and expect continued investor wariness around so-called “AI cannibalization areas,” namely the software, business services and media sectors.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 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
But we challenged him to come to preach to us, and eventually, in the late 1960s, he responded.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
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
He preaches the convenience of these airports every chance he gets, but people don’t always listen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
His closest friend and security adviser, the barrelchested Ward Hill Lamon, preaches regularly to Lincoln about the need for improved security measures.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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He said he had "consistently preached peace" throughout his life.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“We visited local villages, preached the word, sent in clothes for the needy, toys for the children.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
“Just him and her, Mama, in the parlor. He prayed and preached a sermon and they sang hymns and all.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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When I saw him at a Hispanic church in Kissimmee, he was preaching to the proverbial choir - but pitching his message with a nod to the fact that for many money is currently tight.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But instead of preaching to the choir, he contends with society’s gray areas, never offering a solution — or even his own opinion — on the difficult topics at hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Some passengers are very happy with my message. Some even say they have never heard the message in church, but through my preaching they now know it is in the Bible," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
So often are these charges true that it can feel shocking when we encounter conceptual work that truly lands, that elevates its subject matter in a way that makes it deeply resonant without preaching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
And so the preacher started in preaching again.
From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
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