pilgrimage
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Cheng’s trip had every look of a pilgrimage to the imperial heart of Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
"I wasn't sure that it was going to be open. But when I came over, it was a miracle" said the US-Egyptian businessman, who makes a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from Miami every year.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
The pilgrimage is important for Clark, who says his faith helped him at a point in his life when he felt he had "lost everything".
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
She is currently carrying out a six-day pilgrimage from St Paul's Cathedral in London to the cathedral - and is expected to arrive on Sunday.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Kasem Gulek, of the Turkish Parliament, beaming with pride, informed me that from Turkey alone over six hundred buses—over fifty thousand Muslims—had made the pilgrimage.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Vocabulary lists containing pilgrimage
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