reverence

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Gwennan Harries taught Jones at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, the school she attended in north west Cardiff, and remembers the reverence her rugby skills were held in.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Thus wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in “Democracy in America” about the reverence with which this country’s citizens in the 1830s regarded remunerative labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

These carved reliefs span dimensions of the Black L.A. experience — there’s so much joy, there’s this overdue reverence too; another, fuller frame.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

An American flag waved in the background while various figures gazed up at the president in reverence.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Then the withered tree was uprooted, but with reverence; and they did not burn it, but laid it to rest in the silence of Rath Dínen.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien