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preach

[preech] / pritʃ /




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Pope Leo followed with his own remarks later, saying: "The mission of the Church is to preach the Gospel, to preach peace," according to Reuters.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

At the same time, he knows the Chargers can’t just preach it — they need to prove it on the field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

And for those that preach that he is a person of faith, my granddad, a lay Baptist minister, always said, you know, faith without action —

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The strategists also preach caution and expect continued investor wariness around so-called “AI cannibalization areas,” namely the software, business services and media sectors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

“I was fixin’ to preach about David and Goliath this morning, because David was young, and brave, and faced an enemy who seemed to be impossible to defeat.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

Owens herself manages to do a bang-up job of distracting people from the way she doesn’t practice what she preaches.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ironically, Toru preaches the importance of good communication skills in the office, a lesson the film’s guarded family would be wise to heed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

On Tuesday night, Lahmeyer, a 34-year-old who preaches in suits, announced that he was running to represent Tulsa’s solidly red district, which is currently held by Rep. Kevin Hern.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026

But experts who work with children say that there is a long way to go before the system can properly implement the ideals the law preaches.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

Like most in his church, secretary Alma Delia Jimenez Renteria says she has learned more from what the priest practices than what he preaches.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

He said he had "consistently preached peace" throughout his life.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

He renounced the prosperity gospel he once had preached, wrote a raw and wrenching biography about his missteps and vowed to work with the needy and most vulnerable when he was released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Martin O'Neill sang their praises in the aftermath and preached caution ahead of the second leg, as he was obliged to do.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Abdel-Rahman lived and preached in New Jersey before he was convicted in 1995 of seditious conspiracy in relation to the first bombing of the World Trade Center.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

Reverend Carey preached to black worshipers in several black churches: “Be ye also ready.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

And I just had a whole chapter of preaching about the evils of all these quasi-sinful things one can do when trying to rhyme.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

The Bible recounts John the Baptist preaching to a flock around the Jordan River and baptizing Jesus there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

But instead of preaching to the choir, he contends with society’s gray areas, never offering a solution — or even his own opinion — on the difficult topics at hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

"The preaching sometimes helps people to repent. For instance, if someone is going through a stressful situation, the message of the pastor can give the person renewed hope," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

These same internal stirrings also predisposed him to regard all perfectly symmetrical narratives or stories preaching an obvious moral message and populated by larger-than-life heroes as utter fabrications.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis


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