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Recent Examples of swami
Several sequels followed, including one called Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, in which Karloff plays a hypnotist swami from the Orient.
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Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
In the mid-’80s, when the community had swollen to more than 600 residents, New Vrindaban’s swami, a thin-lipped former Baptist, was accused of ordering the assassination of two disgruntled devotees.
—Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022
Yogananda was the first Indian swami to make America his home.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
Also born into an upper-caste family, Mr. Manav says he was compelled to drop his last name – a signifier of one’s caste – after hearing the swami speak.
—Soumya Shankar, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2020
The statue of Hanuman Murti (inset above), god of courage, was a gift from a swami in the motherland to consecrate Sri Dattatreya Yoga Centre in 2003.
—Omar Mouallem, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
Perhaps realising how bad things had become, my grandfather agreed to take a vow of celibacy in the presence of a swami.
—Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India, 19 July 2019
On one side were Mr. Cohn and free-trade advocates, and on the other was the Administration’s protectionist wing led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer and Mr. Trump’s personal trade swami, Peter Navarro.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The swami named her Ganga, for the Ganges River.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
In the mid-’80s, when the community had swollen to more than 600 residents, New Vrindaban’s swami, a thin-lipped former Baptist, was accused of ordering the assassination of two disgruntled devotees.
—Ashley Stimpson, Longreads, 19 Feb. 2022
Yogananda was the first Indian swami to make America his home.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
Also born into an upper-caste family, Mr. Manav says he was compelled to drop his last name – a signifier of one’s caste – after hearing the swami speak.
—Soumya Shankar, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2020
The statue of Hanuman Murti (inset above), god of courage, was a gift from a swami in the motherland to consecrate Sri Dattatreya Yoga Centre in 2003.
—Omar Mouallem, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
Perhaps realising how bad things had become, my grandfather agreed to take a vow of celibacy in the presence of a swami.
—Vikram Zutshi, Quartz India, 19 July 2019
On one side were Mr. Cohn and free-trade advocates, and on the other was the Administration’s protectionist wing led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer and Mr. Trump’s personal trade swami, Peter Navarro.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swami
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Thematic fashion stories and product photography captured at the hotel will live on the Michael Kors website and in emails, while the brand’s social account will feature additional Ibiza insights, including interviews with local talents from a ceramic artist to a local yogi.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
18 Feb. 2025
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The Save Soil movement, spearheaded by Indian yogi, Sadhguru, has inspired people beyond the realms of agriculture and soil science by reframing soil health as a global human responsibility.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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As anti-aging gurus will tell you, collagen is a large molecule that help gives skin its firm, smooth appearance.—
Alison Escalante,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Meghan McCain and Bethenny Frankel are criticizing the aspiring lifestyle guru as Mindy Kaling defended misconceptions surrounding her friend in a recent interview.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Her grandmother isn’t a pandit – in India, as well as in Indian diaspora communities, that’s been a domain that is largely populated by men, with cultural mores at play.—
Deepti Hajela,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Dec. 2021
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Her father worked as a pandit -- or Hindu priest -- at a temple, and visited homes to perform rituals.—
Vedika Sud, Esha Mitra and Julia Hollingsworth,
CNN,
11 June 2021
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Bauer fled to Denmark in 1936 and then to Sweden in 1943, after a Danish rabbi warned that the occupying Germans were about to round up all the Jews in the country.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Poland’s chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said members of the Jewish community would miss him greatly.—
Vanessa Gera,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Swami.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swami. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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