pilgrimage
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The building has now been substantially refurbished and its facade changed, but it has been a huge headache for Austrian authorities, who want to prevent it from becoming a site of neo-Nazi pilgrimage.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Easwar pointed to the challenges posed by mass events such as the Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, where millions of devotees gather and large volumes of offerings are collected.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
If his beloved Inter Milan won the Italian championship and rival AC Milan failed to qualify for the European Champions League, he would go on a religious pilgrimage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
The audience for this kind of posting is not Europeans who might now consider a pilgrimage from Brussels to Buc-ee’s.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
We practiced the slump of the shoulders born of defeat, the shuffling gait of those who knew that there was no pleasant or agreeable end to their pilgrimage.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
They’re the golden child of the produce aisle, the ingredient that inspires pilgrimages to farmers markets and endless declarations that this is the year we’ll finally grow our own.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Saudi officials are keen to keep conflict far from the minds of visitors, who have travelled long distances for one of the world's biggest annual pilgrimages.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Nigerian authorities have suspended all pilgrimages to Israel and the occupied West Bank with immediate effect, citing security concerns linked to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
We have no obligation to travel far and wide, to make religious pilgrimages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
They sang about hearts quivering and pilgrimages ceasing.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
A Chicago native, I have admittedly fond memories of post-Little League hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches, and have pilgrimaged to Buena Park to sample the SoCal outpost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
In avant-garde New York, one of the most pilgrimaged sites has been the “Dream House,” a sensory environment that since 1993 has occupied the third story of a walk-up on Church Street in Lower Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024
He became their fighter and savior, and these mega-fans pilgrimaged to his concert-like rallies.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2021
They hiked the Alps, drew color sketches, pilgrimaged to classical Greek and Roman sites, and toured buildings by Antoni Gaudi in Spain, including the Basílica de la Sagrada Família.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2017
At this time as he pilgrimaged he entered into the service of one Josse, surnamed the Kwaebakker, the cross baker, because of his vinegar face.
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
I returned from vacation just in time to join the pilgrimaging hordes carting cumbersome picnic baskets and enough wine for a few dozen Sicilian weddings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025
Also new is the addition of several specific barbecue trails, from urban adventuring to rural pilgrimaging.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2016
Since the days of the palmers, pilgrimaging to Jerusalem has become less and less devout, until now many people visit the Holy City with no higher motive than curiosity.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I am exceedingly hungry, in very deed,” said Ulenspiegel, “and am pilgrimaging against my will.”
From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Coster, Charles Th?odore Henri de
I was introduced to all the neighbours, to the visitors and the natives, and of course invested with much importance as one who wrote books, had no fear, who even intended pilgrimaging to Jerusalem.
From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen
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