tribulation
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They thought they needed to keep themselves spiritually pure to survive the coming tribulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Like Dickens’ character on that mountaintop, we can all sense the tribulation to come.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025
The simple wish of a dignified cremation — a swift completion of the rites soon after death is central to salvation in the Hindu faith — becomes a tribulation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
References to God, such “ya Allah” and “Allahu akhbar,” can be heard in times of tribulation or celebration.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
Milo made a deft grimace of tribulation and turned away.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
"You have the trials and the tribulations, you win some, you lose some, you make progress, you sometimes have setbacks, but you have made it, and this day we've made it," added the CEO.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
It was not without its tribulations — either at the start or throughout its 46-year roller-coaster history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
“When I am back home,” in Modesto, Calif., Crane says, “I can take the daily tribulations that we all encounter and see them as the minor things they are.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
This is something Lina, whose comedy is often about the trials and tribulations of raising four children, often does.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
The writer Christopher Buckley used Pittman’s high-altitude tribulations as the punchline of a joke on the back page of The New Yorker.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing tribulation
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.
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