baptism
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Or churches that get fixated on monthly baptism rates instead of tending to the spiritual needs of their flocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
French ice dancers Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry are poised to win Olympic gold in Milan despite a baptism of fire in their debut season with accusations of control and manipulation flying.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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
There was a Bible on the nightstand, the same kind that Pastor Tom had given to Beto last week after his baptism.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Vocabulary lists containing baptism
Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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