vocation
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Performing, Midler adds, “isn’t a job with him — it’s a vocation, a calling.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
For Crouse, the musical is about many things: music itself, of course, but also vocation, integrity and faith: “There was a lot for them to get their teeth into in terms of a story.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Instead, the danger seems to be in hospitals, where people are suffering or dying, surrounded by doctors who could help them but are afraid that doing so will risk their freedom or vocation.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Such suffering, however, did not distract him from his vocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
“Oh, I do a little painting, but my real vocation is teaching promising young people like Mr. Costello here.”
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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