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spiritual

[spir-i-choo-uhl] / ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl /


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She has hailed the holistic benefits of nature, which she described in almost spiritual terms, in a series of videos showing the changing seasons.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

If you’re a 30 Rock fan looking for a similar show to enjoy, check out this ranked list of 14 spiritual successors that my colleagues and I put together.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I really like my quiet life,” he said at the time while discussing his passion for painting and his spiritual life.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

A greatest hits of humanity’s current fears forms the backdrop to a complex, woozy tale—mostly realist, with brief incursions into phantasmagoria—of doomerism and heartache, wealth and greed, art, transcendence and spiritual reckoning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Kaori could tell the fortunes and provide spiritual guidance, and Just Renee could help her with spells or something.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Orchestra for a prom that includes music by the Charleston-born composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins, one of the first people to introduce elements of jazz and spirituals into the classical repertoire.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

And while Anglo-American lullabies are typically written in major keys, Gershwin chose a minor one—evoking the depth and dignity of such African-American spirituals as “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

His mother was an avid singer of spirituals and a next-door neighbor, Lucy Jackson, helped Jones learn to tap out boogie-woogie on the keyboard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024

Following worldwide protests over Floyd’s 2020 murder by police in Minneapolis, his brother Terrence Floyd joined an effort to fuse rap, gospel and spirituals on an album of protest songs.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2023

All the way home, we sang Christmas spirituals like “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Silent Night.”

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals


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