pilgrimage

The crowd of money managers, economists and other finance types had made their annual pilgrimage to this fishing mecca in Maine’s wilderness, trading suits for T-shirts and cargo pants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

For the last seven and a half weeks John has followed the Via Beata pilgrimage route, which means "way of blessing".

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

JTB sells tour packages to Japanese fans eager to make the pilgrimage to see Shohei Ohtani play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

A Polish billionaire is paying for a giant statue of the Virgin Mary that residents of the village of Konotopie hope will put them on the pilgrimage map.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

And then Serafina understood something for which the witches had no word: it was the idea of pilgrimage.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

Joining most events no longer depends on being in a particular place, which is one reason modern pilgrimages appear old-fashioned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

They’re the golden child of the produce aisle, the ingredient that inspires pilgrimages to farmers markets and endless declarations that this is the year we’ll finally grow our own.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

Many visitors post online about their trip -- making pilgrimages to real-life locations from cartoons or joking about spending $1,000 on flights just so they can eat a $1 convenience store rice ball.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

Nigerian authorities have suspended all pilgrimages to Israel and the occupied West Bank with immediate effect, citing security concerns linked to the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

They sang about hearts quivering and pilgrimages ceasing.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

A Chicago native, I have admittedly fond memories of post-Little League hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches, and have pilgrimaged to Buena Park to sample the SoCal outpost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024

In avant-garde New York, one of the most pilgrimaged sites has been the “Dream House,” a sensory environment that since 1993 has occupied the third story of a walk-up on Church Street in Lower Manhattan.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

He became their fighter and savior, and these mega-fans pilgrimaged to his concert-like rallies.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2021

They hiked the Alps, drew color sketches, pilgrimaged to classical Greek and Roman sites, and toured buildings by Antoni Gaudi in Spain, including the Basílica de la Sagrada Família.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2017

The Ulysses of the Conference, M. Venizelos, first pilgrimaged to London, saying: "If the Foreign Office is with Greece, what matters it who is against her."

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Emile Joseph Dillon

I returned from vacation just in time to join the pilgrimaging hordes carting cumbersome picnic baskets and enough wine for a few dozen Sicilian weddings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

Also new is the addition of several specific barbecue trails, from urban adventuring to rural pilgrimaging.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2016

Since the days of the palmers, pilgrimaging to Jerusalem has become less and less devout, until now many people visit the Holy City with no higher motive than curiosity.

From Time Magazine Archive

They laugh at the Britishers journeying thousands of miles to see this place, just as the English smile at the Americans pilgrimaging to Stratford-on-Avon.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss

If I were a stout workman, they would have robbed me of the fruit of three years’ toil by making me go pilgrimaging.

From The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere by Charles Th?odore Henri de Coster