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preaching

[pree-ching] / ˈpri tʃɪŋ /


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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

These men aren’t preaching Jesus Christ’s gospel of self-sacrifice and humility.

From Salon May 4, 2026

Graham was accustomed to preaching in peculiar settings, including several trips he made behind the Iron Curtain at the height of the Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 11, 2026

“And somehow preaching became a movement and a movement became a war.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

In 2018, Lori met Chad Daybell — her soon-to-be fifth husband — and quickly took a liking to his extreme apocalyptic and catastrophic preachings.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2022

He later confessed that if he were a young Black man, he wouldn’t follow his own preachings, according to Mufson’s book.

From Seattle Times Dec. 26, 2021

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

Since June, the month of roses, the preachings had begun in the country of Flanders.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de




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