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The Argentine-born pope on Sunday told pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’s Square that he was entrusting to their prayers “the situation of beloved Bolivia.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2019

Francis on Sunday told pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter’s Square that he was entrusting to their prayers “the situation of beloved Bolivia,” noting that it borders his homeland, Argentina.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2019

Lamoriello said that he was entrusting this month’s N.H.L. draft in Dallas to the team’s existing staff.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2018

“In writing his will, the Holy Father knew he was entrusting these notebooks to someone who would treat them responsibly,” Cardinal Dziwisz said at a news conference in Krakow on Jan. 22.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2014

This was entrusting the matter to the church, but the order was given by authority of the king, not improbably after the matter had been discussed in the council.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace