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  • present participle of bless.
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blessing

[bles-ing] / ˈblɛs ɪŋ /




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Alongside him, Cristian Lara, a 50-year-old merchant, thanked the festival organizers for "blessing" his house with a mural, and stated that there are "new winds of change" in El Salvador.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

When things go against you, leverage is a curse, not a blessing, as anyone who was on the wrong side of the housing crash nearly two decades ago knows.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

The merger was eventually brought before Putin for his blessing, which he gave, the two people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

"The reunion was like a miracle from God. To see our daughter back sitting among us is a gift and blessing that could not be thanked enough for."

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

With the blessing of both Sargo and Argentina’s president, Hellmuth was going to seek closer ties between his country and Hitler.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Confessing she was "certainly not well-versed in politics", Lazkani said that "at this stage, I feel I deserve prayers more than blessings".

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

“One of God’s good blessings, really a special person.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Mina, who longs for “glamour, and comfort, and money,” dislikes the idea of marriage but concedes that “if these blessings must come via a man, so be it.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

“It was just compounding blessings on top of each other — or luck.”

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

‘We have come to bid our last farewell,’ she said, ‘and to speed you with blessings from our land.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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