pilgrim

Fearful of a future shackled to the home, Charu leaves at 16 to find her way in Bombay, the first of this pilgrim soul’s reinventions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

"After this year, will we be better able to recognise a pilgrim in the visitor, a seeker in the stranger, a neighbour in the foreigner, and fellow travellers in those who are different?"

From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026

An avid researcher armed with a camera, Enriquez is both reporter and pilgrim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

All of them were to get a cut of the pilgrim income from those who came to pray to the saint.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

“Destined to be inseparable friends, in fact. A courtesan, a pilgrim, a princess, and a bullfighter. Hill House has surely never seen our like.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

His mausoleum, which dates to the 9th Century and has a towering golden dome and minarets, is visited by millions of pilgrims each year.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

The heat was unrelenting, but there were some shoppers, pilgrims and tourists around - and the vendors said they'd set up shops in the hope of finding some customers.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

The white-robed pilgrims have been contending with searing desert heat as they perform the days-long, mostly outdoor rituals, with temperatures reaching 44C in Mecca and Mina on Wednesday.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

From dawn, crowds of pilgrims gathered in the valley of Mina, southeast of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to throw pebbles at concrete pillars symbolising the devil.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

William’s been walking some time when, out ahead of him, he sees a group of pilgrims.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz