missionary
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My grandpa retired at 70 after working as a missionary for most of his life and later at a national laboratory.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
The first missionary arrived on Easter Island in 1864: By 1868 all the islanders had been baptized.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Weston Port, the former San Juan Hills High standout linebacker, is finishing up his second year as a Mormon missionary on assignment in Spain.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Born Robert Francis Prevost in the midwestern US city of Chicago, the pope worked for more than two decades as a missionary in Peru and obtained Peruvian citizenship in 2015.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
It was like some land of prison-work farm for our liberal, white, vegetarian do-gooders and conservative, white missionary saviors.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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