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Recent Examples of monk
The nation in brief Buddhist temple fire in NYC kills 2
A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk.
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Feb. 2025
He is called upon by a monk from a secretive temple to protect a powerful child from a corrupt master, forcing him to confront his inner demons.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025
Portly monks, mischievous monkeys, witches and angels.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas talks in calm and hushed tones, referencing Eastern philosophers ranging from the Dalai Lama to Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 14 Feb. 2025
He is called upon by a monk from a secretive temple to protect a powerful child from a corrupt master, forcing him to confront his inner demons.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025
Portly monks, mischievous monkeys, witches and angels.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article San Diego FC coach Mikey Varas talks in calm and hushed tones, referencing Eastern philosophers ranging from the Dalai Lama to Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monk
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To get in touch with the miraculous Francis, the folkloric Francis, read the Fioretti, or The Little Flowers of St. Francis, a 14th-century collection of tales about the saint and his friars.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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She will be expected to support communities including monks, nuns, and friars who live according to specific spiritual rules such as Benedictines and Franciscans.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
6 Jan. 2025
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Buddhist organizations, whose members are also known to skew older, have been trying to connect with younger people by updating the image of monastics, usually known for their no-nonsense asceticism.—
Koh Ewe,
TIME,
13 May 2024
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Over the past 2,000 years, Buddhist teachings have encountered distortions and alterations due to mistranslation and misinterpretation of Buddha-dharma by Buddhist patriarchs, eminent monastics, and Buddhist scholars.—
Jon Stojan,
USA TODAY,
25 July 2023
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.—
Hannah Peart,
NBC News,
28 Oct. 2024
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The abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2024
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In Thank You for Your Servitude, which for my money is the only truly interesting book about the Trump presidency, author Mark Leibovich goes into harrowing detail about how the modern GOP readily turned itself into a gaggle of mendicants to serve Trump on bended knee.—
Jason Linkins,
The New Republic,
29 Apr. 2023
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All these words strike me as vaguely offensive except for mendicant and supplicant.—
Stephen Miller,
WSJ,
11 Oct. 2021
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Whatever the answer, clerics who want Francis to stay or go have been sending their own signals since the pope entered the hospital 12 days ago.—
Jason Horowitz,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Some of these popes led immoral lives; at one point, a 20-year-old was chosen as Pope Benedict IX, who then sold the office to another cleric.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
15 Jan. 2025
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Two years later, the couple married in 1966 during a ceremony that was only attended by her mother, Avie Lee, the preacher and the preacher's wife.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025
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According to Parton's website, the only people to attend the small service were Dolly's mother, Avie Lee Parton, a preacher and his wife.—
Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports,
arkansasonline.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop of Washington, at the National Prayer Service in January.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
4 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the pope has negotiated transformation mostly through words and actions, allowing for open discussion of LGBTQ issues in contrast to previous popes who ostracized or even punished bishops for bringing them up or ministering to the community.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2025
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According to the emails, communication between church leaders and Saints officials began in July 2018 after Greg Bensel, the Saints’ head of communications, shared a local news story with Benson about a former deacon who was removed from ministry due to abuse accusations.—
Mark Puleo,
The Athletic,
4 Feb. 2025
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Deeply religious, Boyles was a deacon at Maranatha Family Worship Center in Kansas City.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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