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[wur-ship] / ˈwɜr ʃɪp /




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Some viewers bathed, lit incense and garlanded their screens before the broadcast, preparing for the show much as they might for worship.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

What connects this place of worship to a band known for its macabre aesthetic, however, is its music video for the song “Helena” from the album “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Eminem may well be staring down a future where his regrettable decision to record contemporary worship dreck with Kid Rock generated his last real headlines.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

The saint is revered by Brazil's Catholics but is not recognized as an object of worship by its growing evangelical population.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

It reminds me of Eid, how happy we all are to dress up, worship, and give gifts to mark the end of Ramadan.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Hundreds of people showed up for a midweek vigil at St. Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church, where some of the family worships, a few days after Guthrie disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 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

Stalter says she is not someone who worships celebrities — “I don’t even know actors’ names sometimes” — but stresses that she is a “mega, mega, mega Lena/’Girls’ fan” and is still processing their collaboration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

Or maybe it’s because Kim worships Brooke Vega.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

He called the role "an opportunity of a lifetime", but said playing a figure worshipped by millions left little room for the creative freedom he had enjoyed in other films.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

AI imitation is a growing concern among performers worldwide, and the threat has roiled Japan's storied animation industry, whose voice actors are sometimes worshipped as much as their characters by fans.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

His collections were worshipped for their emphasis on individuality.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 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

What mattered to Mozart was that his music should be enjoyed, not that he should be worshipped or revered, and it is this quality of treasured delight that captures his age.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

A church in North Carolina was experiencing a reckoning, and someone on the staff was like, ‘No one wants to talk. We haven’t even worshiped together because of the pandemic.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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

Remember Belichick, still worshiped as a gridiron Obi-Wan, pooh-poohing Maye on draft night less than two years ago, mocking comparisons to Josh Allen and fretting that Maye hadn’t played very much in college?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Isis symbolizes healing and maternal love and was worshiped from England to Afghanistan during the time of the Roman Empire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025

He had no cities where he was worshiped.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

“That was perfect. And no one was going to come and say, ‘Why are you worshiping God?’”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 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

Not by banning it or worshiping it, but by designing it to strengthen the irreplaceable human skills that business demands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

But Rigney himself is focused on much more than worshiping Jesus and loving one another.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026

But the president of the United States was not worshiping in a church.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

In the east and some other parts, as well as among Hindus in Bangladesh, the festival sees devotees worshipping the divine feminine power with Durga Puja celebrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“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

"If you tend to it too much, people think you are worshipping it," Arkoful says.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State's information commissioner, blamed Sunday's church raid on bandits, and urged isolated places of worship to "reconsider worshipping in crime prone areas for now until the situation gets better".

From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025

I’m a little conflicted, since I’m against the idea of everybody worshipping the so-called cool crowd.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman


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