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as in salvation
the saving from danger or evil
the farmers prayed for deliverance from the drought
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as in verdict
a position arrived at after consideration
the jury's deliverance shocked the courtroom
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Recent Examples of deliverance
Gratitude is our deliverance from gloom or grievance.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Some 519 years later, Gareth Southgate returned through Erfurt, this time from Gelsenkirchen, after receiving his own divine deliverance.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
The album, for its part, told the story of an artist stretching toward deliverance.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
And that deliverance comes courtesy of Rodman, who has scored the go-ahead goal in three of the Americans’ four games in France.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Some 519 years later, Gareth Southgate returned through Erfurt, this time from Gelsenkirchen, after receiving his own divine deliverance.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
The album, for its part, told the story of an artist stretching toward deliverance.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
And that deliverance comes courtesy of Rodman, who has scored the go-ahead goal in three of the Americans’ four games in France.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deliverance
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While recent albums from Dua Lipa, Grande and Lorde treated self-care and introspection as a kind of therapeutic salvation, Charli shifted hard into goblin mode, unfurling a litany of barely euphemistic drug references and proudly owning her messiest contradictions.Lindsay Zoladz, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Their salvation may come in the form of a con artist.Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The verdict came more than a year after a grand jury indicted Trump on March 30, 2023, marking the first time a former or sitting president faced criminal charges.Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
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One of the defense's strongest arguments — that a July Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity was grounds for vacating the verdict — was previously shut down by Merchan in December.Kyler Alvord, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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The essential modern text is Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that equates money with speech, resulting in an ever more corrupt system of campaign finance.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
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The decision appeared to catch even prosecutors by surprise, though by the time Madigan faces cross-examination, they will undoubtedly be loaded for bear.Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
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This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at the University of Arizona, which has identified an entirely new kind of cosmic collision.Ian Randall, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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An initial virtual interview with an assistant on a team that has a first-round bye — such as Detroit offensive coordinator Ben Johnson — will have to take place this week before the conclusion of the wild-card round.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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That is the person’s opinion, but compare that with then-President Donald Trump’s incitement of an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, that led to a loss of life, based on what were proved to be false claims of significant voter fraud.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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Others see Transnistria’s travails less as a sign of Russian retreat than of its determination to divert Moldova from its pro-European course.Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Nicole Cuffy Penguin Random House, March When Faruq Zaidi, a grieving Muslim journalist, seizes the chance to embed himself in a California cult, his determination to get a story pushes him into the world of its mystical leader.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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The coming trial will also determine whether the former Trump lawyer has to relinquish his World Series rings as part of the judgment.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
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Not every editorial judgment is a reflection of a malign force.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Deliverance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deliverance. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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