spiritual
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“This area has important cultural and spiritual values that deserve to be protected for future generations,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
She has hailed the holistic benefits of nature, which she described in almost spiritual terms, in a series of videos showing the changing seasons.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
If you’re a 30 Rock fan looking for a similar show to enjoy, check out this ranked list of 14 spiritual successors that my colleagues and I put together.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Father Louis Cameli, a priest at Holy Name Cathedral, said the news was "not just a medical event" but a "spiritual summons" to trust God.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
If she is weighing temporal against spiritual values, it can be only in a symbolic sense, because nothing about the figure or the setting betrays a sense of conflict.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
She didn’t protest; she simply sang what she wanted anyway: classical favorites such as Schubert’s “Ave Maria” and spirituals including “Heav’n, Heav’n.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Orchestra for a prom that includes music by the Charleston-born composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins, one of the first people to introduce elements of jazz and spirituals into the classical repertoire.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
His mother was an avid singer of spirituals and a next-door neighbor, Lucy Jackson, helped Jones learn to tap out boogie-woogie on the keyboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
The evening, hosted by Sunny Hostin of “The View,” continued — as all Ailey celebrations do — with the signature “Revelations,” Ailey’s masterpiece set to spirituals and gospel and blues music.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Following the tradition established by Roland Hayes and other African American concert vocalists, she concluded each of her programs with a group of spirituals that often moved her audiences to tears.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
Vocabulary lists containing spiritual
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." and "I Have a Dream"
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech
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