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apparition

[ap-uh-rish-uhn] / ˌæp əˈrɪʃ ən /


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"I was an apparition for most of my youth," she sings on Now, the autobiographical opening track of her 2023 album Good Thing We Stayed.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“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

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

When he had spoken of his deliverance by the great apparition in the night, Fiver had listened attentively and asked one question, “Did it make a noise?”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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