spiritual
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This morning, he’s in Manhattan’s Flatiron district, at the flagship store for On, the sleek Swiss apparel brand for whom he’s both an investor and spiritual embodiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A new app seen as a spiritual successor to short-form video service Vine has been released to the public.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Confirmation is meant to bring recipients closer to God and “imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual mark,” according to the Vatican’s official guide to its doctrine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, who is also his spiritual guide, were both sentenced late last year to 17 years behind bars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
What it all added up to was an intense need to recharge his emotional and spiritual life.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Then you have to retreat with your mind into the music, and allow the music to express a kind of deep belief, like what the Negro spirituals express.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Hip-hop is their common language, but Robinson is also fluent in blues and spirituals while Quijada speaks forcefully through Mexican folk rhythms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Orchestra for a prom that includes music by the Charleston-born composer Edmund Thornton Jenkins, one of the first people to introduce elements of jazz and spirituals into the classical repertoire.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Her work “Bright Sadness” sets Orthodox liturgy to music based on African American spirituals.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
Marian, tall, slim, and elegant, with her assured stage presence, sang ten songs in German, an aria in Italian, and several spirituals in English.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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Vocabulary lists containing spiritual
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." and "I Have a Dream"
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech
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