Sentence examples of "symbolic thread" in English

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Even people who don't believe in the Catholic church venerate the Pope as a symbolic leader. Sogar Leute, die nicht an die katholische Kirche glauben, verehren den Papst als ein symbolisches Oberhaupt.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." Es gibt in den Vereinigten Staaten von jeher einen Kult der Unwissenheit. Anti-Intellektualismus zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch unser politisches und kulturelles Leben, genährt von der irrigen Vorstellung, Demokratie bedeute, dass "meine Unwissenheit ebenso viel wert ist wie dein Wissen."
I started this thread. Ich habe diesen Thread eröffnet.
There's no red thread. Es gibt keinen roten Faden.
I lost the thread of his argument. Ich habe den roten Faden in seiner Argumentation verloren.
It's not easy to thread a needle. Es ist nicht leicht, eine Nadel einzufädeln.
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