reverend

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"ICE has even been arresting airport workers while they are on the job," said one of those who protested, reverend Mariah Furness Tollgaard of Hamline Church United Methodist.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

“I don’t understand how as a pastor, he thinks that that’s acceptable,” Levy Armstrong, also an ordained reverend, said in a Washington Post interview Monday.

From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026

Now, the reverend implored his congregation: “Someone say mission possible.”

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

When her father, who is a reverend, finds the glass at home, Mary’s older brother Matt takes the rap and agrees to return it to the diner and apologize.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

The reverend turned around and showed Milkman a knot the size of a walnut that grew behind his ear.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison