hosanna
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He deserves a hosanna for saying: “Every time something bad happens, I say: ‘Good.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2020
“He makes me do things I don’t wanna do,” Autumn sings, braving it alone onstage and turning a 1963 pop hosanna into something close to a mournful protest.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2020
The group objected to a single word used in the movie: hosanna.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012
Mormons repeat “Hosanna, hosanna, hosanna, to God and the Lamb” three times, sometimes accompanied by the waving of white handkerchiefs.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2012
That their fraternity engaged in quasi-religious chanting and oath taking and hosanna hailing, all of it top secret, made it that much more appealing.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
Shout-outs and hosannas too to the custom-compounded Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The 10th anniversary of Miranda’s Tony Award-winning, culturally transformative musical “Hamilton,” with the duel as its centerpiece, has occasioned a new wave of critical hosannas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer joined with hosannas, proclaiming it “a royal necklace across the bosom of the Queen City.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
Mr. Clinton voiced Reaganite hosannas to the market.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
The lieutenants received the loudest hosannas, for the veterans knew these contests were won and lost through the lips of these lieutenants.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Disband these New England societies—nurseries of a system of steadily augmenting laudation and hosannaing, which; if persisted in uncurbed, may some day in the remote future beguile you into prevaricating and bragging.
From Mark Twain's Speeches by Twain, Mark
