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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

Because we were poor, and he was supporting this, bless his heart.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

God bless the Tartan Army in all their beery magnificence.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

“And last, bless my daughters and their fam’lies. Specially Will Tweedy, who as You know didn’t git kilt today. We’re mighty proud to still have him.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

When the archbishop freezes mid-prayer, as he blesses the King in the Coronation chair, another clergyman teases: "You must have said this before."

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023

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

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Uncle Leang looks at her, face hanging, eyes blinking rapidly, and blesses Ma for a safe journey.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

I am sure of it not because I remember writing this thing in fits and starts throughout Saturday, but because an A.I. detector called Pangram blessed these paragraphs with a “100% Human Written” score.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

“And I was blessed with the gift of … developing a genuine, sincere friendship with Kyle that exists outside of the context of work.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Julie Masino quietly blessed efforts to find her successor as she publicly charted a path out of a controversial rebranding.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"I'm blessed that I've come from a long line of commercial fishing, and I'm blessed that I had the opportunity to do it," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

They kissed each of Samir’s cheeks twice and blessed his mustache.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

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

And when he had blest Ja-cob he went his way.

From Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood by Josephine Pollard

"The grim physical state he found himself in has now ended, a blessing. Our blessing was that we had Tim Curry in our lives. RIP, my friend," he wrote.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer wrote simply: "Rest in peace, Dolly Parton -- a true legend and force for good. May her memory be a blessing."

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Kalia recently started controlling agents from his Apple Watch, which is proving to be a blessing and a curse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

When things go against you, leverage is a curse, not a blessing, as anyone who was on the wrong side of the housing crash nearly two decades ago knows.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

What seemed a tragedy in the beginning of the year was now a blessing.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu