See road to Damascus on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2007 March 5, Jim Brown, quoting Mike Huckabee, “Huckabee criticizes fellow GOP candidates over 'Damascus Road conversions'”, in One News Now, archived from the original on 2007-03-08:",
"text": "Today we hear a lot about those who have had what's often called Road to Damascus experiences on every issue from guns and same-sex marriage to the sanctity-of-life and taxes.",
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"ref": "2007 March 18, Will Hodgkinson, quoting Bryan Ferry, “Soundtrack of my life: Bryan Ferry”, in The Observer:",
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"ref": "2010 February 14, Vernon Jones, quotee, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution:",
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