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godly

[god-lee] / ˈgɒd li /


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Melissa Gordon struggled to reconcile the godly woman she thought she knew with the details now emerging.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

"He was the most godly, humane, kind, gracious human being I think I've ever met," Alex Ryvchin of the Executive Council of Australia Jewry, told reporters at Bondi on Monday morning.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025

Not that many of them will engage with the actual allegations against Brand, lest their view of him as a godly man get disturbed, but frankly, the details are shocking even in the #MeToo era.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

“My reaction to him,” Thompson-Robinson said, “was this godly Oregon coach, offensive genius.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2022

The sand glittered gold, the colour of ichor - godly blood.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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