spiritual
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I felt like it was just a spiritual thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Varun Soni, USC’s dean of religious and spiritual life, delivered the ceremony’s invocation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Khan and his wife and spiritual guide Bushra Bibi were both sentenced late last year to 17 years behind bars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
A subversive, funny new show: HBO’s new Sunday night series Lanterns is the spiritual successor to Watchmen: a superhero show for people who don’t think they like superhero shows.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
I missed the warmth of a spiritual community.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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
And while Anglo-American lullabies are typically written in major keys, Gershwin chose a minor one—evoking the depth and dignity of such African-American spirituals as “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
His mother was an avid singer of spirituals and a next-door neighbor, Lucy Jackson, helped Jones learn to tap out boogie-woogie on the keyboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
Her work “Bright Sadness” sets Orthodox liturgy to music based on African American spirituals.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
“They liked Negro spirituals and Irish jigs. A strong favorite of which they never tired was ‘It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary.’
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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