prophet

If Thomas Jefferson proclaimed landed democracy, Herbert Hoover, the evangelist of zoning codes, was the prophet of the ownership society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

It’s almost as if the flesh-colored prophet puppets were actors, and Henderson directed them, Anderson said, manipulating their silicon bodies into position over and over again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Its tone and rhythms are oracular and epic, as if some ancient prophet is buttonholing you to tell you how the world has always been and will always be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

As he poured the traditional cup of wine for the prophet, Rabbi Aft reminded his community that Elijah wanders the earth disguised as a stranger, testing humanity’s capacity for hospitality, compassion and kindness.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

The passage described the great prophet Mormon, a fact I’d found confusing.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

It was, as Crook told Henderson, a homunculus: one of a set of tiny prophets, or magical spirits, who lived in glass jars full of water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Certain lyrics made people talk like we had written them about 9/11, but there’s no way they could have been about 9/11 unless we were prophets of some kind,” Malakian said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Her sweeping account of prediction across history demonstrates why we would do well to approach most forecasts with the skepticism we now show to prophets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

They believe that God speaks directly to and through the NAR’s anointed apostles and prophets about current and sometimes future events.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

Tyrion had been annoyed when the red cloaks had dragged a half dozen of the scabrous prophets down to the dungeons without consulting him, but they were not important enough to battle over.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin