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baptism

[bap-tiz-uhm] / ˈbæp tɪz əm /


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"The day before my baptism, they asked me how much money I was making and I told them," she says.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Former midfielder Carrick was installed as boss until the end of the season this week and faces a baptism of fire when Manchester City visit on Saturday.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

Doctors like Mel King, whose neurodivergence manifests as open, radical caring and diagnostic precision, or Whitaker, who was revealed to be unhoused himself at the end of his first season baptism by disaster.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2026

In another part of town, a store owner who sells quinceañera and baptism dresses said her sales have dropped by 60% every month since August, and clients have postponed shopping.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

He did not know what luck could mean to the dead, just as it was impossible to know if one baptism was enough.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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