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sermon

[sur-muhn] / ˈsɜr mən /


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In a sermon delivered in Italian on Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the pope suggested machines lack a soul, saying they merely "compile data" quickly.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fernández’s adaptation is anxious to turn tragedy into a sermon, offering theatergoers moral solace where Sophocles leaves his audience in a contemplative state of stunned silence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

In Manchester, they focus on a priest delivering a sermon about brotherly forgiveness.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

As much as she was proud of where she was from, Dolly also spent the latter part of her years preaching and living out loud a sermon to her native region.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

I wish I could describe that sermon: but it is past my power.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Talarico’s campaign pointed to the Democrat’s extensive comments about his faith in sermons, speeches and interviews.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

He came home after an Nvidia developer conference with Theo, a robot dog trained on Lester’s own sermons that trots his church’s aisles on Sundays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Yet Mr. Weber showed that Dutch Jesuits deployed the camera obscura as a metaphor in devotional literature and sermons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

His father was a Southern Baptist minister, and his Sunday morning sermons were broadcast on the radio in the afternoons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

I think of the fervor in my father’s voice, channeled into sermons that shook the rafters.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz


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