anoint

There is this idea that through market-controlling systems like the draft and the salary cap, any team, no matter how minor or shabby, may stumble into a transcendent talent and anoint a dynasty.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

The third-placed Pheu Thai party of jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra agreed to join him in a coalition, alongside several smaller parties, and parliament will anoint him on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

“Founders and investors have the ability to weaponize a startup’s balance sheet and make these huge investments at huge valuations to try to anoint a winner and suck all the air out of the room.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Nearly four months after the Conservatives went down to their worst defeat in a general election in their history, they are about to anoint a new leader.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024

“Carve his name on the candle five times and anoint it with these oils,” he instructs.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Each year TED anoints a small cohort—scientists, artists, activists, and entrepreneurs—as TED Fellows, giving them visibility, coaching, and introductions to potential funders.

From Slate ● May 8, 2026

Overlooking David’s many strapping older brothers, the wise elder anoints the astonished kid as the next king, but cautions him that the ceremony must be kept secret.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

A: When he anoints himself the story's hero.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2022

"Governments must give everyone the possibility of earning their bread because this gives them dignity. Work anoints people with dignity," he said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 12, 2022

He opens the flask, anoints me, while I seem to faint, with the authentic holy water used on the feet of the holy saint.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

According to Licence, this interpretation could help resolve a longstanding historical puzzle: why would a pope support the violent removal of an anointed king?

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Thatcher, his latest anointed icon, fares no better than a butterfly pinned to his mood board.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

After her conviction for embezzlement last year, it became clear Le Pen would need a Plan B and eventually she anointed Bardella as her stand-in candidate.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

So far, there are no visible cracks that would produce someone like Venezuela’s Rodríguez, who could be anointed by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Her friend had landed the biggest prize of her religion, an anointed one, but somehow she felt as if she was ruining someone’s life.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

In that sense, it appeared more like an anointing than a procedural formality: the veteran of the American left passing the baton to a younger standard-bearer.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

But she proved the doubters wrong, anointing herself in the process as a global fashion icon.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025

He was anointing them, he said, to become poll workers.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024

One man waved his flame back and forth as if anointing his beard, smiling.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024

I was in my room after lunch, reading James chapter five because I would talk about the biblical roots of the anointing of the sick during family time, when I heard the sounds.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie