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glad tidings

Favorable, beneficial, or happy news. Usually used with the verbs "give" or "bring." The union leader brought glad tidings to the striking workers that their demands for pay increases had been accepted by the company's management. I've come to bring you glad tidings. Your son's tour of duty is over and he will be returning home soon. I wish I could give glad tidings, but, unfortunately, the doctor confirmed that Nan's health is rapidly declining.
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He also wanted the church to leave the plot and hand over completion documents to his company within seven days.TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIPMr Nderitu urged the court to order the registrar of lands to remove any restriction of the property, cancel the certificate that was still in the name of Glad Tidings Crusade, dispense with the gazettement of the cancelled deed and issue or re-issue another certificate of title to his company.
After a couple more of word exchanges, Sheikh Hamdan told Mubashar: "May God always give you good tidings."
Rains have brought glad tidings to farmers and wildlife lovers.
** The verse where Allah The Almighty says:"We sent messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners." (Holy Quran 4:165)
Al-Dhahrani received cables in reply from his brethren the chairmen of legislative councils of the GCC, Arab and Islamic countries in which their excellency expressed their felicitations and sincerely wishes to His Excellency, supplicating to Allah the Almighty to accomplish the aspirations of the Bahraini people in progress and prosperity and wishing many happy returns of this occasion to the Kingdom of Bahrain's leadership and people and to the Arab and Islamic nations with good tidings, welfare and blessings.
Because of this, Green Tidings, a health and wellness educator, has come out with a truly all-natural deodorant which actually lasts all day long (and was even marathon-tested!).
He said to the shepherds Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
As a dear friend and audience member, Walter Schumacher, was inspired to say after Thursday evening's opening performance, perhaps a more apt title for "Christmas Tidings" would be "The Rocky Horror Christmas Show."
They originally went out on the Northumbrian coble Glad Tidings, now to be found in a Newcastle museum.
Glad Tidings Tabernacle, a Christian church, was the seller.
ISLAMABAD, January 30, 2010 (Balochistan Times): In one of the gladdest tidings, the long standing enmity between Malik Riaz, the chairman of Bahria Town and Malik Tabarak Hussain alias Malik Bari concluded here into a warm friendship and reconciliation.
AT last, a survey that doesn't shower us with guilt and bring tidings of woe if we're not attached to the juicers, while pushing more weights than Madonna.
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TIDINGS OF JOY: The Forget Me Not Trust concert (above and below) (PC101208Dconcert-15)
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