rosary
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While Burnham told the Times his mother would be "wearing her rosary beads out" to mark him becoming prime minister, his father, Roy, will unfortunately be unaware of his son's achievement due to his dementia.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A devout Catholic, it was there that she gave my dad her most precious gift: her own mom’s rosary beads.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
A toddler sat on her mother’s lap, clutching a rosary.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2026
The rosary presupposes our boredom, propensity to distraction, and impatience with dull routine and attempts to transmute these failings into the virtues of faith, hope and charity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
I did not concentrate on any of the glorious Mysteries, and knew that Jaja did not, either, because he kept forgetting when it was his turn to start a decade of the rosary.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Together with the human bones, items of clothing, plastic rosaries and small aluminum medallions were found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
One man would make rosaries for the group out of stale bread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Some brandished selfie sticks, others clutched their rosaries or their children's hands.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2025
They send the more damaged wood to another prison in Rome, where prisoners make crucifixes for rosaries.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
We did not hold our prayer books or rosaries in palmed hands.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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