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apparition

[ap-uh-rish-uhn] / ˌæp əˈrɪʃ ən /


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“She is Our Lady of Guadalupe,” he tells me, a Marian apparition venerated as a national icon in Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

One of the finest stories here, “Late,” involves another apparition.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

It's a trait Abigail explores on the opening track, Agnus Dei, which depicts one of her exes as a heavenly apparition, descending from the clouds onto London Bridge.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Least expensive: “A Polaroid of an apparition of the Virgin Mary in a glass structure in Clearwater, Fla. I got it on eBay for $7.”

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

There the guards had lately seen a ghostly apparition.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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