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pilgrim

[pil-grim, -gruhm] / ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm /
NOUN
wayfarer
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The city's many pilgrim tour companies sit idle.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Fearful of a future shackled to the home, Charu leaves at 16 to find her way in Bombay, the first of this pilgrim soul’s reinventions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Addressing a crowd of an estimated 150,000 people — including much of Lebanon’s political class — Leo described himself as “a pilgrim of hope to the Middle East.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

One pilgrim in St Peter's Square told me she "loved" the Pope not because he was Pope but because he didn't seem like a Pope.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Standing on Mount Arafat had concluded the essential rites of being a pilgrim to Mecca.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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