observant
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“The Observant Eye” became, for its regulars, a sacred ritual, a time for pause in a city that didn’t nurture pause, a balm in the frenzied pace of our urban and digital lives.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
Observant Jews don’t cook on Yom Kippur, and even if you’re less observant, it’s pretty hard to stand in the kitchen cooking while you’re fasting.
From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2023
Observant Sikhs wear turbans, covering their uncut hair, which they call kesh, as part of their faith.
From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022
Observant Jews refrain from eating anything with leavening during the eight-day Passover holiday.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021
I was gone Observant, my body rigid; and Dr. 09-01 had his arm about me, and was with great effort trying to turn me away, though my gaze remained locked upon the awful spectacle.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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