worship
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"And I was praying for Allah," he adds, raising his arms above his shoulders in worship.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
This image of hero worship anchors Walter Thompson-Hernandez’s staggeringly lovely “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” an indie take on the perennial saga of lost men struggling to return home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Let those who worship evil’s might beware my power… Green Lantern’s light!
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Huanle's mother Wang Cong is a pastor at Zion Church, one of China's largest "underground" churches where some Christians choose to worship instead of government-regulated ones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
In traditional societies, music would normally be part of everyday work, worship, and leisure.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
He is notorious for his threats against a Bollywood actor who shot two blackbucks, a type of antelope that the Bishnoi sect worships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“This is a church that worships Jesus. Loves one another. Seeks the good of their neighbors.”
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
Filipino woman worships green statue for 4 years, finds out it is animated character Shrek.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
She still drives her son insane with the way she worships the professor, but she’s not as infuriatingly unreasonable as Chekhov permits her to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
He worships the vuvv playboys he works for.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
His collections were worshipped for their emphasis on individuality.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
"If someone chants the name of Mother Bonbibi, she will save his life from tigers, snakes, and crocodiles," said villager Ashutosh Mandal, 63, referring to a deity whose idol is worshipped at temples.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
The suspect studied at the prestigious California Institute of Technology, and worshipped at the Pasadena United Reformed Church in the Los Angeles area.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
They worshipped in a two-bedroom apartment while the group raised money to build a more permanent mosque—a spiritual home that would deepen their roots in their hometown.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
Of General McClellan, Shadrach wrote: I have never known men of my age—and many much older—who have so completely worshipped another man.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Li Yongqing, 23, said he believed in Caishen, the god of wealth worshiped in Chinese folk beliefs and Taoism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Legend has it that the lion-headed figure protected the country from invasions and was worshiped as a god of war in the ancient Nubian kingdoms of Kush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Shortly after their arrival, they attended a service at a large church in Naperville, marking the first time they had worshiped openly as Christians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
In it, a government scientist discovers that a scaly creature worshiped by island villagers as a sea god has grown to a monstrosity that dwarfs tall buildings.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Architecture is the most optimistic of art forms, because to create spaces for living and working, for worshiping and governing, is by its nature a positive act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
But Rigney himself is focused on much more than worshiping Jesus and loving one another.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
It’s also sparked a crisis of faith for many Catholics who have spent their lives worshiping at Sunday Mass and are now questioning whether it’s safe to connect with God in such a public space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
When we finished uncovering the pipe, we looked like the mud men of Borneo worshiping a fallen idol.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“I’m a regular person, like you,” Hal says, gazing directly through the fourth wall at the tiny people he assumes are worshipping him from afar.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
A statement from the Abbey Church earlier said Widdecombe would be "missed and fondly remembered" and "many in our worshipping community knew her as a kind and warm character".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
It was to protect worshippers that Israel had asked people of all faiths to "temporarily abstain" from worshipping at all the holy sites in Jerusalem's Old City, he added.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
He believes in the power of film and the strength we get from the communal aspect of worshipping at the movie house.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
My eyes drank in each word, worshipping their shape until my lips started forming them and I was reading aloud for everyone and no one to hear.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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