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cardinal

[kahr-dn-l] / ˈkɑr dn l /


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It was nearly a half decade ago that Lincoln Riley, dressed in a slick blue suit and glossy cardinal tie, stood atop the Coliseum’s rooftop deck, grinning as he gazed out across the field below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Some believe turning up with an iced matcha latte in hand is a cardinal sin.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

While I was visiting Cindy a few days later, a young cardinal alighted at the feeder and met our gaze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But the archdiocese source condemned "a culture of complicity and silence" among those around the cardinal, accusing them of helping to protect him.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

The Barberinis, said the cardinal, ‘are ready to serve you always’.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Her recent joint interview with three U.S. cardinals about Pope Leo XIV and his church’s opposition to the Iran war and Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown became a major story in April.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

I wonder if any of the cardinals and other Vatican officials in the audience winced at the notion of the Bishop of Rome taking his place as one among many “moral voices.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

She knows the neighborhood visitors — a pair of cardinals, for instance — and frets about them when we’re away.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

Leo, 70, who has a history of missionary work in Peru and is the first pope from the United States, was elected in a conclave of cardinals on May 8.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

It is in a way the most civilized of all the cardinals, and its use is only forced on us by the needs of cultivated modes of thought.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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