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evangelize

[ih-van-juh-lahyz] / ɪˈvæn dʒəˌlaɪz /


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Sure, celebrities often partner with fast-food restaurants to release collaboration meal deals, but Cane’s A-listers also seem to evangelize the brand itself.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2026

Still, Mr. Kumar is correct on one count: Faiths that evangelize differ from those that don’t.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

All of this might have remained in the realm of intellectual exploit had Tanton not begun to formalize and evangelize his beliefs.

From Salon Nov. 14, 2024

They evangelize about important deadlines for financial aid and guide students through their college decisions.

From Seattle Times Jan. 22, 2024

If Sister Slocum, too, would evangelize the world—if she would give the light of heaven to the benighted, she must employ willing hearts and strong hands.

From An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

His hand rests on his heart as he evangelizes her writing — a surprisingly tender moment of sentimentality from a comedian who has made a career out of stinging misanthropy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

When asked what she wants Seattle Times readers to know about her Walls of Books locations, Vaughn evangelizes about the neighborly art of bookselling.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

It derives its value from people actually using it, which is why Sun evangelizes Tron.

From The Verge Sep. 29, 2020

In breezy chapters complemented by charming illustrations, Weir evangelizes on the joys of quotidian pleasures such as warm feet, warm fires and, obviously, tea.

From Washington Post Jan. 14, 2020

But where Kanye’s devotion has always resembled the near-mystic inwardness and complexity of John’s Gospel, Chance is more like the apostles of Acts: he relentlessly, almost compulsively, evangelizes and invites.

From The New Yorker May 24, 2016

But he does have the directive to expand its appeal beyond the athletic male American base that evangelized its tech early on.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Evans says what this has led to is a kind of simplistic spiritual utopianism evangelized by many leaders of the modern psychedelic renaissance.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2024

And Ann Patchett evangelized her treadmill desk, which she said gave her a wonderful sense of “walking into my book” and which she spoke of with such fervor I briefly considered getting one myself.

From Seattle Times Oct. 23, 2023

Dutch extreme athlete and wellness guru Wim Hof, known as “the Iceman,” evangelized the practice as key to his fitness method.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2023

This includes the portion of the world now being evangelized by American missionaries on the field.

From The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity by W. E. Doughty

Not only was he America’s most famous art instructor, he was also our unofficial art therapist, evangelizing painting as a way to find solace in our imagination.

From Salon May 2, 2026

Breuer’s evangelizing has made him an important public figure in a country unaccustomed to seeing and hearing from men in uniform.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Minnie was devoted to the Salvation Army because of the church’s dedication to evangelizing and doing good works.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

“It makes our job easy. Chuck’s out there evangelizing for us.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2022

To be an agent of God for evangelizing the world.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth




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