passages

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Photos showed a pickup basketball game with pink and blue jerseys, a heart-shaped white cake and a Bible in which guests were invited to highlight favorite passages for the pair’s first child.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Some of the passages in the two letters make the same points, and Eccleshall has accused Witherden of plagiarising him.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

He told reporter Norah O’Donnell that she “should be ashamed” for airing those claims, even as the questions focused on passages describing political grievances and alleged targeting of administration officials.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

One of my favorite passages captures Mr. Haskell’s first encounter, in Australia, with a Moreton Bay fig tree, its thick, leathery foliage crowded by figbirds longing for the tree’s fruits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

He staggered back a few steps and buried his muzzle in a patch of new clover, chewing the sprouts to cleanse the foul odor from his sensitive nasal passages.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker