worship
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Eight of out 10 of Sumba's population of 685,000 people are Christian, but its older "marapu" belief system, that blends animism and ancestor worship, has deep roots.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
He is accused of planning to target the two places of worship in Sutton.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
This kind of warrior worship is also incredibly common.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
I hope that all our church members are freed and that China becomes a place where all people can freely worship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
I wish I'd shouted back that I did worship Gandhi, because he was a powerful historical figure who helped free India from British rule.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Where the MT1 puts small on a pedestal, the Slate Truck worships simple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
“This is a church that worships Jesus. Loves one another. Seeks the good of their neighbors.”
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
Filipino woman worships green statue for 4 years, finds out it is animated character Shrek.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
She still drives her son insane with the way she worships the professor, but she’s not as infuriatingly unreasonable as Chekhov permits her to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
A pious man who worships the Seven so fer-vently that he eats a meal for each of them whenever he sits to table.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
The image called to mind the golden calf of Abrahamic religious texts, worshipped by the Israelites to Moses’—and God’s—dismay.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
A showreel of footballing memories - teams you loved, heroes you worshipped, the iconic shirts they wore.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
"If someone chants the name of Mother Bonbibi, she will save his life from tigers, snakes, and crocodiles," said villager Ashutosh Mandal, 63, referring to a deity whose idol is worshipped at temples.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Despite the abundance of material, it remains difficult to determine exactly which deities were worshipped.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
“I’m sorry, Jake. This must be hard to hear. I know how much you worshipped him.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
He persisted with his ministry even as the government cracked down on Christians who worshiped outside of China’s tightly controlled system of official churches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
In it, a government scientist discovers that a scaly creature worshiped by island villagers as a sea god has grown to a monstrosity that dwarfs tall buildings.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2026
A leather-goods salesman from Brooklyn, N.Y., he worshiped the sun and loved nothing better than a “fresh burn.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Isis symbolizes healing and maternal love and was worshiped from England to Afghanistan during the time of the Roman Empire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025
But the Starks worshiped the old gods, the nameless gods, and if the heart trees heard, they did not speak.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Not by banning it or worshiping it, but by designing it to strengthen the irreplaceable human skills that business demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
I’m worshiping my wife in a way — she’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2025
And a growing number of middle-class African Americans are worshiping in more diverse congregations.
From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2024
They know that I kind of hate myself for not worshiping him at all now.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Kingsley Femi Fanwo, Kogi State's information commissioner, blamed Sunday's church raid on bandits, and urged isolated places of worship to "reconsider worshipping in crime prone areas for now until the situation gets better".
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
The themes of performances at Mr Gopalakrishnan's house include honouring a deified ancestor, venerating a warrior-hunter deity, and worshipping tiger spirits symbolising strength and protection.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
He’s incapable of worshipping a god because he’s only capable of worshipping himself.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2024
He is worshipping her through this act of cooking for her.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
It is no exaggeration to say that after and because of Beethoven music approached the status of a religion, complete with gods and goddesses for worshipping, a state of affairs that persists to this day.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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