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pilgrim

[pil-grim, -gruhm] / ˈpɪl grɪm, -grəm /
NOUN
wayfarer
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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

Historians can argue otherwise, but not “convincingly” for this pilgrim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

An avid researcher armed with a camera, Enriquez is both reporter and pilgrim.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 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

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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