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Recent Examples of intercession
After this step, the Vatican has to approve of a miracle attributed to the intercession of the potential saint.
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 24 June 2023
Some see them as shelters for souls separated violently from their bodies, others as places where the living can pray to the dead for intercession with the divine.
—Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Washington’s intercession ahead of the war’s anniversary appears to have been only partially successful.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
At the Mass that inaugurated the petition drive on behalf of the Black sainthood candidates, Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, urged the congregation to tell others about their accomplishments and to pray for their intercession.
—Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2021
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Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 24 June 2023
Some see them as shelters for souls separated violently from their bodies, others as places where the living can pray to the dead for intercession with the divine.
—Maggie Shipstead Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 10 May 2023
Washington’s intercession ahead of the war’s anniversary appears to have been only partially successful.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2023
At the Mass that inaugurated the petition drive on behalf of the Black sainthood candidates, Bishop Bruce Lewandowski, an auxiliary bishop of Baltimore, urged the congregation to tell others about their accomplishments and to pray for their intercession.
—Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intercession
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The 55-year-old’s ailment similarly impacted a Saturday show scheduled for the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn. Jodeci member Mr. Dalvin took to social media, asking followers to keep K-Ci in their prayers and promising the group would be back as soon as possible.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
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The former journalist and political pundit had reached out to THR over the weekend to say that the X post that was making headlines over that seemed to be a prayer for West was a Twitter imposter and not Censori herself, who chooses not to make any public comments or speak with the media.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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The devastated couple campaigned on social media for the return of Daisy, even getting the likes of actor Tom Hardy involved, and set up a petition to tackle pet theft.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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Both of the Ruby Fruit’s owners signed Pagani’s petition.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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These entreaties, if they were ever heard by Cox and Kyoko, were ignored.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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Despite entreaties from its engineers, Google management sat on the breakthrough.—
Tom Wheeler,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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With that shift in perspective comes an expansion, both of the territory around Black figuration but also thinking a greater invocation with Black bodies as a site of expansive expression, richness, complexity, depth, or fraughtness.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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And what that often means in the United States is some kind of invocation of the frontier.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
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Steve Bannon has discussed with New York state prosecutors a potential plea deal in its criminal case charging the longtime ally of President Donald Trump with defrauding donors to a southern border wall, according to media reports.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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Last month, a Brooklyn real estate magnate connected to Turkish officials admitted to orchestrating straw donations towards Adams’ mayoral campaign in a plea deal believed to require his cooperation at trial.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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With the increasing diversity and international appeal of the Academy’s voting body, von Horn, like other directors whose film travel the world, tuned into his film’s universal appeal across language barriers.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Due process still takes place, but there will be a lot less appeals issues.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Feb. 2025
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Other flower colors have symbolism, too: pink is associated with femininity and grace, while peach represents sweetness and gratitude.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Once Acosta voiced his displeasure, any number of offseason moves was unlikely to win back the prickly playmaker’s good graces.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Intercession.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercession. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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