spiritual
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Red-deer-skull headdresses deposited at Star Carr suggest a spiritual significance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The actor shared a spiritual message from author and psychologist Gerry Hussey through Instagram Stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
On its own, that may read like spiritual bypassing.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
But he said the rebuilding efforts could also provide spiritual sustenance.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
I missed the warmth of a spiritual community.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Renowned internationally, she had a busy concert schedule focused on art songs, choral music, opera arias and Negro spirituals.
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
Following worldwide protests over Floyd’s 2020 murder by police in Minneapolis, his brother Terrence Floyd joined an effort to fuse rap, gospel and spirituals on an album of protest songs.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
Anderson sang the Schubert “Ave Maria” and two spirituals.
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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