as in to evangelize
to deliver a sermon
a minister who loves to preach
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Juventus take on Udinese test Up next for Juve is a trip east to take on Udinese, with Motta preaching a back-to-basics message.
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Adam Digby, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Combs was like many Black entrepreneurs who frame their material success as revolutionary while preaching about Black excellence.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
But the devout young Lewis, who famously preached to the chickens on his family’s land, was hungry to become educated and to involve himself in the civil rights struggle.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
Read: What The Young Pope preached about love Conclave is by no means the first project to use Vatican City as a paradoxical backdrop.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Adam Digby, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Combs was like many Black entrepreneurs who frame their material success as revolutionary while preaching about Black excellence.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
But the devout young Lewis, who famously preached to the chickens on his family’s land, was hungry to become educated and to involve himself in the civil rights struggle.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2024
Read: What The Young Pope preached about love Conclave is by no means the first project to use Vatican City as a paradoxical backdrop.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Preach.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preach. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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