- present participle of bless.
blessing
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Alongside him, Cristian Lara, a 50-year-old merchant, thanked the festival organizers for "blessing" his house with a mural, and stated that there are "new winds of change" in El Salvador.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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
“God gave me the blessing to catch anything,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
For the last seven and a half weeks John has followed the Via Beata pilgrimage route, which means "way of blessing".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“These kids don’t know a blessing when they see it. But they wanna eat everything we bring back.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Truong repeated one of the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
“It was just compounding blessings on top of each other — or luck.”
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
The creatures' power is also deeply embedded in people's culture, prompting them to seek the blessings of dozens of spirits before entering the forest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Individual clergy would still be able to opt out of offering blessings to same-sex couples.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2026
The other kids had made a bunch of flowers ’cause I guess they had a bunch of blessings.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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