worship
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“To the families who lost loved ones, to the families who are at worship, and to the entire San Diego community,” he said, “you remain in our prayers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
"We are currently sat in the volunteer tent with a brew in hand, worship music being played and the warmth of chatter around us."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Huanle's mother Wang Cong is a pastor at Zion Church, one of China's largest "underground" churches where some Christians choose to worship instead of government-regulated ones.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
A delicious deep dive on a chicken-finger empire: Raising Cane’s has inspired a near-religious following, with devotees traveling across state lines and camping overnight for store openings, all to worship at the altar of chicken.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
These Guardians were immortal and worthy of worship, but they were often considered separate from the main league of gods and goddesses.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
“This is a church that worships Jesus. Loves one another. Seeks the good of their neighbors.”
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
Filipino woman worships green statue for 4 years, finds out it is animated character Shrek.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
Madame Pernelle, too, worships at the shrine of Tartuffe, but has nary a good word, and many a bad one, for anyone else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Stalter says she is not someone who worships celebrities — “I don’t even know actors’ names sometimes” — but stresses that she is a “mega, mega, mega Lena/’Girls’ fan” and is still processing their collaboration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
“You can have your fun, but there’s one other thing that’s important for you to know. Your father can’t live without me. He loves me very much. He worships me.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
His collections were worshipped for their emphasis on individuality.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The image called to mind the golden calf of Abrahamic religious texts, worshipped by the Israelites to Moses’—and God’s—dismay.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
"If someone chants the name of Mother Bonbibi, she will save his life from tigers, snakes, and crocodiles," said villager Ashutosh Mandal, 63, referring to a deity whose idol is worshipped at temples.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
The suspect studied at the prestigious California Institute of Technology, and worshipped at the Pasadena United Reformed Church in the Los Angeles area.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
‘But back in the day this place - the Asclepeion - was a medical school as well as a hospital. All the best doctor-priests trained here. They would’ve worshipped both Asclepius and Hygeia.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Li Yongqing, 23, said he believed in Caishen, the god of wealth worshiped in Chinese folk beliefs and Taoism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Younger players may have worshiped Williams, but many of them were hitting back just as hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Shortly after their arrival, they attended a service at a large church in Naperville, marking the first time they had worshiped openly as Christians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
In it, a government scientist discovers that a scaly creature worshiped by island villagers as a sea god has grown to a monstrosity that dwarfs tall buildings.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
House Blackwood kept the old gods, and worshiped as the First Men had in the days before the Andals came to Westeros.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Not by banning it or worshiping it, but by designing it to strengthen the irreplaceable human skills that business demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
But Rigney himself is focused on much more than worshiping Jesus and loving one another.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
“He is now rejoicing and worshiping the Lord as he loved to do,” Lopez wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
They watched the rest of the family wending their way down the trail, Tao still clutched in Elizabeth’s arms, gentle worshiping Luath restored at last to the longed-for position at his master’s heels.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State's information commissioner, blamed Sunday's church raid on bandits, and urged isolated places of worship to "reconsider worshipping in crime prone areas for now until the situation gets better".
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
Underground churches such as Zion were especially affected by the 2018 rules, which required government approval for worshipping in public.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
He’s incapable of worshipping a god because he’s only capable of worshipping himself.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2024
He is worshipping her through this act of cooking for her.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
I had a vague idea that being Christian had something to do with worshipping Yesu, a God who wore a crown of thorns.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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