tidings

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A lone shepherd respectfully doffs his hat as he finds himself in the presence of an angel trailing a long message: “I bring you tidings of great joy . . . ”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

As the holiday season ramps up and the new year approaches, the tidings have been mixed for dividend investors.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

But it’s not only the flu that’s threatening to dampen the nation’s good tidings.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

As we round out another frustrating year of air travel, it might appear that we’re headed into the Christmas season with bad tidings still to come.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2024

She smiled on him and said: ‘Then it was kindly done, lord, to ride so many miles out of your way to bring tidings to Éowyn, and to speak with her in her exile.’

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