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verse

[vurs] / vɜrs /


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But he said he came to understand more deeply the meaning of the Bible verse: "There is no fear in love."

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

How else can you explain a verse that is 90% throat-clearing and preemptive dodges of the backlash he knows is coming?

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

My favorite part of songwriting is working on the second verse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Then he finished a verse and the next thing I know he's gone.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

And in the next blank space, the verse Rowan had come to expect had appeared:

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

He dashed off verses for friends, often in French.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

“We got a million of these,” he said after doling out a few verses of “On to the Next One” — not bragging so much as explaining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The chapel will also have new stained-glass windows to reflect one of Parton's favourite Bible verses: "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven."

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

“The pro-slavery factions were picking on specific verses like ‘slaves obey your masters’ and saying, ‘Well, we’re clearly advancing the more biblical society because look, the Bible says exactly what we’re doing,’” Coffman said.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

One thing boys and girls growing up in Cold Sassy know a lot of is Bible verses.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Bushby is well versed in overcoming physical barriers, such as a flat tyre.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

But by now, head coach Didier Deschamps has his players well versed in sang froid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

I am more versed in my deficits than my strengths these days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, Ukraine's success in drone warfare has attracted the attention of rich Gulf states that have been targeted with the same types of Iranian-designed drones that Ukraine is now well versed in countering.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

He was a man well versed in the ways of animals.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Many former assistants have risen in the Hollywood ranks, and credit Scott Rudin Productions with versing them in the ways of the industry.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2021

Deadpool 2 doesn’t have as many characters as Infinity War, but full enjoyment of it is even more conditional on a thorough versing in the source material.

From Slate ● May 17, 2018

Nixon himself held no illusions about re versing the 1960 decision,* planned to remain above the rumblings about crooked counts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fighting, writing, digging, rigging, Hiving, wiving, nursing, versing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whoever’s versing him right now is a brave soul.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles


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