crucifix
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Locals say the statue was on a crucifix outside a family home on the edge of Debel, one of the few villages where residents have remained during Israel's war with Hezbollah.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
The crucifix and Elgin watch conjured Sunday mornings and the quiet pride of women who never stepped outside without dignity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
A small crucifix is affixed to the wall above, and a rolling, pink-topped hospital table sits on the far side of the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
A relative placed a crucifix on the chest of Alanis García.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
My first twelve years as a student were spent in Catholic schools where I could look up to the front of the room and see a crucifix hanging over the clock.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
A short drive out of Warsaw leads deep into farming country and small villages marked by towering crucifixes and Catholic shrines.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
The Roman Catholic Church has long been vigilant when it comes to supernatural apparitions like professed sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping Madonnas or bleeding crucifixes.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
But thanks in large part to a memorable head-swiveling cinematic character, Roman collars and crucifixes have long cornered a unique place in the American image of exorcism.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2023
In the early 20th century, new laws banned any mention of God in oaths of office, and removed symbols, including crucifixes, from public hospitals.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
Island was the hair-and-nails crowd, chaperones, and icky boys with all their macho strutting and unbuttoned shirts and hairy chests with gold chains and teensy gold crucifixes.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
