blessed

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After the NFL received competition from the American Football League, it sought to pool its TV revenue, which the Sports Broadcasting Act blessed for “sponsored telecasting.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

As Simon Elliott describes in his biography “The African Emperor,” Severus was a mercurial and contradictory character, capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity, and always blessed with a sense of the theatrical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“As an artist, I just can’t think of a better life than the one that I’ve been blessed with,” Redford said in his acceptance speech.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

The Supreme Court just last term blessed such schemes.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

With the receiver wedged against her shoulder, the cord stretched across the kitchen, she cooked, cleaned, and strained tinctures of goldenseal and blessed thistle, while having the same conversation over and over.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover