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pilgrimage

[pil-gruh-mij] / ˈpɪl grə mɪdʒ /


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Another seven died in a crash on the same pilgrimage route in October 2022.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

About 80 people made the pilgrimage to snap photos, show off their bike tricks and watch the movie over burgers and beers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Rev. Canon Jaime Edwards-Acton of St. Stephen’s Hollywood, said the pilgrimage was to bring awareness to the people who have died at Adelanto and other facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Indian visitors who often visit the ancient temple Muktinath on a Hindu pilgrimage had been asked to fly from Jomson to Pokhara instead of drive down, due to a cut-off road, he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

She deals in real estate, and she was saving up to make the pilgrimage.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

It's similar to what's happening in parts of north India's Himalayan valleys which host major pilgrimages.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Its presence suggests that Lady 56 may have completed one of medieval Europe's most famous pilgrimages, traveling thousands of kilometers across the continent to the western edge of Christian Europe before eventually returning home.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Our bike rides across America since retiring have been epic pilgrimages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Fans trade tips in online communities and treat new locations as pilgrimages.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Farmers and maids, cooks and handymen, carpenters and all the children in town, made regular pilgrimages to the Store.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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

I believe the lamas who pilgrimaged to Buddh-Gaya carried the jewels out of India.

From Caravans By Night A Romance of India by Harry Hervey

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

“I am exceedingly hungry, in very deed,” said Ulenspiegel, “and am pilgrimaging against my will.”

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

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


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