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apparitions



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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

The Roman Catholic Church has long been vigilant when it comes to supernatural apparitions like professed sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping Madonnas or bleeding crucifixes.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

On Friday, the Vatican’s doctrinal office will issue a revised set of norms for discerning apparitions “and other supernatural phenomena,” updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024

This was too theatrical to be true, yet there they were: sudden apparitions, like Martians.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood


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