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“So happy anniversary. God bless you, and God bless the United States.”

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life,” he wrote on X. “Thank you for your trust, prayers, and support. God bless WNC and America.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Nearby, Iowa state congressman Eddie Andrews was hanging off the back of a farm tractor draped with stars-and-stripes livery, shouting "God bless America!" at the top of his lungs to crowds headed toward the Mall.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

My wife does the bulk of the troubleshooting on these problems, bless her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I ache for my father to bless me; I hear Lev weeping, speaking the names of everyone who should be here but is not.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

These are from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus blesses the poor, the meek and the peacemakers, and then calls on his followers to turn the other cheek and love their enemies.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026

If California blesses liability for the pace of innovation, other states will feel the pull.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

And his mother blesses him with water and basil leaves to keep the bad vibrations away.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

"Victory to Jesus," Korean pastor Pang Chang-in cries as he blesses a new church in the village of Jharlang, in the foothills of the Himalayas.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2023

It blesses the Bog and the Forest and even the Volcano.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

"We’re grateful that the pope has blessed us so that we can create his image," 48-year-old worker Lener Mendoza said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Thank you for all the years we were blessed to know and love you, James,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

This blessed return to artful thinking was echoed again last week, when AMC announced its new distribution venture, Leawood Films, dedicated to getting as many eyes as possible on small and entirely independent movies.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Our revised route blessed us with hundreds of encounters with pilgrims.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mama reminded Ella every chance she got, pressing upon her that not everyone shared her blessed circumstances.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

It is “twice blest; it blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2017

"The nations, not so blest as thee / Must, in their turns, to tyrants fall; / While thou shalt flourish great and free, / The dread and envy of them all."

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2016

"In a land where movement is virtue, where the echo of heels clicking rapidly on pavement is inordinately blest, it is a grand, defiant, and edifying gesture to lie down for six months."

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2015

I blest His name that gave and took, That laid my goods now in the dust.

From The Guardian ● May 26, 2014

When she was gone, the husband and the sister married; but the tradition runs, that the union was anything but blest.

From Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas by Catherine Crowe

Wholeness doesn’t come from the absence of brokenness, but from dwelling honestly within that brokenness—and allowing the memory of a lost person to grow into a blessing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Your $3 million windfall is a luxury, a blessing and, only if you let it, a curse.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

"It was a blessing and an honour to be Amara's mother."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“It’s a blessing to have somebody like that in your corner, especially rooting for you, to be able to see your talent, like what you’re capable of,” De Paula said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The water that was such a blessing to me is now threatening to come back up.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold