pilgrim
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“I’m just a weary pilgrim trying to find what feels like home,” she sings.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Pamplona’s Alto del Perdón—the Hill of Forgiveness—where metal pilgrim figures stand against the sky, leaning permanently into the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"I can't believe I've finished the hajj rituals," Iraqi pilgrim Adnan Hamad, 58, told AFP, as his daughters in white robes, or abayas, looked on.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Every person is a pilgrim on their own grief journey.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
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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Somewhere around Temple 31, Chikurin-ji, where pilgrims pray to a deity of mental clarity, it became clear: We should rewrite our whole map to add more of the Henro into our 1,250-mile trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Another trek organiser Fishtail says it has lost contact with a group of 20 pilgrims, mostly Malaysians, who were travelling with guides and drivers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Among them are 77 pilgrims from spiritual leader Sadhguru's Isha Foundation, including Europeans, North Americans and Australians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
It is a place where pilgrims heading towards Mount Kailash cross paths with traders travelling between Nepal and China, truck drivers, customs officials, tourists and people who live along the border.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
William starts out slowly now, so as not to overtake the pilgrims, but soon the cool air and swooping larks whip his mood into a fine, happy froth, and he completely forgets.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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