tidings

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A lone shepherd respectfully doffs his hat as he finds himself in the presence of an angel trailing a long message: “I bring you tidings of great joy . . . ”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

As the holiday season ramps up and the new year approaches, the tidings have been mixed for dividend investors.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

As we round out another frustrating year of air travel, it might appear that we’re headed into the Christmas season with bad tidings still to come.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2024

More than a year after the Russian invasion, a British humanitarian aid worker who traveled often to Ukraine returned to his Stratford base, bearing — with a measure of Shakespearean brio — extraordinary tidings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024

So he and Startop arrived at the Blue Boar, fully expecting there to find me, or tidings of me; but, finding neither, went on to Miss Havisham’s, where they lost me.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens