crucifix

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The crucifix and Elgin watch conjured Sunday mornings and the quiet pride of women who never stepped outside without dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Someone knelt down and clipped a microphone to her lapel, a few inches from the crucifix that dangled from her neck.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

In the shadow of a vast crucifix, labourers and construction workers in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez are building a small city of their own.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

The spray-painted mural is complete with the religious imagery of a crucifix and several battling angels and devils wreaking havoc.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024

“Padre,” I said, kissing the crucifix he offered me, “I feel lost. I don’t know what the Lord requires of us in these hard times.”

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez