baptize
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He then excused himself to help baptize a woman near the stage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
The pastor mentioned Molina’s insistence that he baptize Santiago.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2023
The basilica Mass during the vigil of Christianity’s most important day has become an occasion for pontiffs to baptize several adults from around the world.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023
A priest had come to her home to baptize her 4-month-old daughter, Nikol, who was scheduled to undergo lifesaving heart surgery the next day.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
I would like to baptize myself under a new name, a name more like the real me, the one nobody sees.
From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
Miraculous moments in the story, such as water welling from a rock where Patrick later baptizes people, play out in a quiet tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
But in an explanatory note accompanying its decision, it recalled that when a priest baptizes someone, it is actually Christ performing the sacrament, not the community.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
The blistering sun baptizes during the day; the infinite dust dries you out in the afternoon; the wind bites at night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Arkansas baptizes Texas in the cool, refreshing waters of SEC dominance.
From Fox News ● Sep. 12, 2021
With financial help from her boyfriend, she baptizes seven-year-old Diana.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
The pope on Saturday appealed to the converts and newly baptized in his homily:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
That same sea that baptized me is, for thousands of others, a grave.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Vermeer was born in Delft amid the Wars of Religion and baptized in the Calvinist Reformed Church.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In his recent memoir, Pratt recounted his conversion — actor Stephen Baldwin baptized him in a river during the 2009 season of the reality show “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
And I was baptized at the school, which is how I got the name Joseph.
From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola
The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
What Mr. Porter said he did remember was wading into the church’s pool and baptizing himself — or, as he claims, having his head held down in the font by “something.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
We like to merge worlds to create really absurd situations, so she was like, ‘What if it’s the NBA slam dunk contest, but with deacons baptizing babies at church?’
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023
“I had one child in the elevator, the other I’m baptizing, and tomorrow we have a heart operation,” Tkachuk said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022
“I am only baptizing in water, but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. He is God’s Lamb, who is to remove the world’s sin.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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