pilgrim
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"After this year, will we be better able to recognise a pilgrim in the visitor, a seeker in the stranger, a neighbour in the foreigner, and fellow travellers in those who are different?"
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 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
Historians can argue otherwise, but not “convincingly” for this pilgrim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Simone Collins is sitting in her 18th century cottage in Pennsylvania, dressed in a black pilgrim pinafore with a wide collar, bouncing one of her four children on her lap.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025
Then our group reached the clerks who examined each passport and suitcase carefully and nodded to the pilgrim to move on.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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