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Bethlehem

[beth-li-hem, -lee-uhm] / ˈbɛθ lɪˌhɛm, -li əm /
NOUN
manger
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His father, who helped manage the new Burns Harbor plant for Bethlehem Steel, chose to move his family half an hour northeast along the dunes rather than west where more Black Midwesterners lived.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The uplighted orrery glows on the faces of two boys who lean into the circuits of solar orbit as it once glowed on the faces of the shepherds and magi at the crib in Bethlehem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Thousands of Nigerian Christians go on pilgrimages each year to Biblical sites in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Battalions are gathered on the banks of Portland, Ore.; Bethlehem; Charlotte, N.C.;

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Some astronomers now think that a series of similar conjunctions at the time of the birth of Jesus may have been the phenomenon known as the ‘star of Bethlehem’.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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