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Recent Examples of nun
The house was in a residential neighborhood next door to the Santa Julia Orphanage, where a few dozen girls, from toddlers to teens, lived under the supervision of nuns.
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Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Don’t sleep on the youths who want to be nuns, okay?
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Harrow, one of the main characters, is a nun devoted to John’s necromantic death cult.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
As Lois Tryon, an alcoholic detective who teams up with a true-crime loving nun (Micaela Diamond) to find a brutal serial killer, Nash-Betts kept viewers grounded amidst all the madness with her captivating and commanding intensity.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Allison Tibaldi, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Don’t sleep on the youths who want to be nuns, okay?
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Harrow, one of the main characters, is a nun devoted to John’s necromantic death cult.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
As Lois Tryon, an alcoholic detective who teams up with a true-crime loving nun (Micaela Diamond) to find a brutal serial killer, Nash-Betts kept viewers grounded amidst all the madness with her captivating and commanding intensity.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nun
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When the abbess died in 866, she was buried in the abbey church.Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
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That makes the abbess a likely candidate for the author of the inscription and marginal doodles.Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
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Apollo 11 – The wonderous time capsule from Todd Douglas Miller, the result of his monk’s work in the NASA archive.Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Thomas O’Connor legally changed his name to Santa Claus in 2005 and is a monk, child welfare activist and local city council member.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
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In response, the diocese said in a statement that the Holy See has acted toward healing the Arlington Carmel and the nuns in the community and not simply the former prioress and her former councilors.Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2024
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Matrix by Lauren Groff Currents of violence and devotion coalesce around Marie de France, a 17-year-old sent to be the new prioress of a 12th-century English abbey.Mia Barzilay Freund, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2024
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The origin story centers on Kraven's upbringing under a ruthless crime lord dad (Russell Crowe) and journey to become the world's greatest hunter, with Ariana DeBose as voodoo priestess Calypso and Alessandro Nivola as villainous Rhino.KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Just the fact that DeBose’s character, Calypso, has gone from being a Spidey-baiting Haitian voodoo priestess with a zombie slave-trade sideline in the comics to a slick attorney is an indication of how little vitality screenwriters Richard Wenk, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway mine from the material.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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According to Spanish Franciscan friar Diego de Landa Calderon – most famous for his zeal in destroying Maya codices – the Maya painted human beings before forcing them onto an altar and cutting out their beating hearts.Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 1 Dec. 2024
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All the stops on this tour are locations administered by the Dominican friars.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Sheehy has been a staunch supporter of former President Trump and made that central to his campaign as a political novice.The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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John Mayer, a relative Dead novice at the time, took on the difficult role of fronting Dead & Company alongside guitarist Bob Weir, drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, bassist Oteil Burbridge, and keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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The result is Alphonse Island – and its uninhabited sisters, St. François and Bijoutier – are sites of endless summer.Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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In the early 1980s, Tom Glazer took over, along with his sister Carol, growing relationships with key department stores.Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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Some of the spotlighted individuals, like St. Catherine of Siena and English anchoress Julian of Norwich, were celebrated in their day as visionaries, while others, including Kempe and Joan of Arc, were persecuted as heretics.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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Louise, a former anchoress, is her humble, tyrannical maid.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Nun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nun. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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