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- noun The title of the etymological folk song, used with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm to refer to the song's evocations of spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word "kumbaya" is believed by many music historians to be pidgin English - and a transliteration - for the prayerful plea to God: "Come By Here."
News 2012
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Democrats have been waiting for more than a decade to have control of Congress and the White House, but could the so-called kumbaya moment be over?
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For the time being, the feel-good "kumbaya" message is sufficient return along with some profits.
April Rudin: Impact Investing -- Using Green Thinking to Make Green Dollars April Rudin 2011
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For the time being, the feel-good "kumbaya" message is sufficient return along with some profits.
April Rudin: Impact Investing -- Using Green Thinking to Make Green Dollars April Rudin 2011
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For the time being, the feel-good "kumbaya" message is sufficient return along with some profits.
April Rudin: Impact Investing -- Using Green Thinking to Make Green Dollars April Rudin 2011
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For the time being, the feel-good "kumbaya" message is sufficient return along with some profits.
April Rudin: Impact Investing -- Using Green Thinking to Make Green Dollars April Rudin 2011
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So how did this tough guy turn out to be a "kumbaya" promoter of Jewish-Palestinian cooperation in, of all places, the West Bank?
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So how did this tough guy turn out to be a "kumbaya" promoter of Jewish-Palestinian cooperation in, of all places, the West Bank?
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So how did this tough guy turn out to be a "kumbaya" promoter of Jewish-Palestinian cooperation in, of all places, the West Bank?
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Sure it's what the Trib called the "bare-knuckle arts of Chicago electoral politics" but, hey, I guess that "kumbaya" attack goes by the wayside.
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