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apparition

[ap-uh-rish-uhn] / ˌæp əˈrɪʃ ən /


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While artists kept making him out to be Christ-like, they had more fun with the Mexican Marian apparition, beyond the traditional image of Her in prayer held up by a cherub.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

What’s left is a shared ghost, an apparition that connects the two women.

From Salon Apr. 24, 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

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

“I was not really planning to. But I suppose we will have to go now, I will find out the next apparition date.”

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Boone is responsible for tremendous environmental harm but remains unrepentant, even as other apparitions materialize seeking to shame him into confessing his sins.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

"A lot of the time we're just scared of these apparitions that we've created and these narratives that we've foisted upon other people."

From Salon Aug. 21, 2024

Given that apparitions or other sightings are private experiences for individuals, the church does not require the faithful to accept the authenticity of such events.

From New York Times May 17, 2024

There has been no shortage of controversy surrounding reported apparitions or other supernatural phenomena.

From Seattle Times May 16, 2024

Like performances by apparitions, holoscripts play out faintly around the room.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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