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Recent Examples of vicarage
Neighbors fear ‘screaming, shouting, and splashing’ The Sun first reported that Horner and Halliwell had sent off planning permission last year to build a 40ft x 16ft swimming pool at their vicarage house residence, which Horner bought for £2 million ($2.5 million) in 2006.
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Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
After a day in the saddle, riders will recharge at hotels with deep local roots, such as The Painswick, a converted 18th-century Palladian house that was once the town's vicarage.
—Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2022
Isotope dating studies of the bodies in the vicarage charnel mound found wide disparities.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
As the anger beyond the vicarage rises, the tenor of the debates across the kitchen table grow more urgent.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 6 July 2022
Anyone in 1963 who still wanted fiction set in the vicarage, publishers thought, could go back to Jane Austen, the writer to whom Pym has ceaselessly, and often wrongly, been compared.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
In the vicarage garden, the bodies in the charnel mound have gone back to sleep.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
Agatha Christie’s fictional hamlet – the home of amateur sleuth Jane Marple – has seen its unfair share of murders, including at the vicarage.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2020
Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 27 Mar. 2024
In the vicarage garden, the Biddles found a shallow mound with the bones of 264 bodies.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
After a day in the saddle, riders will recharge at hotels with deep local roots, such as The Painswick, a converted 18th-century Palladian house that was once the town's vicarage.
—Jancee Dunn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2022
Isotope dating studies of the bodies in the vicarage charnel mound found wide disparities.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
As the anger beyond the vicarage rises, the tenor of the debates across the kitchen table grow more urgent.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 6 July 2022
Anyone in 1963 who still wanted fiction set in the vicarage, publishers thought, could go back to Jane Austen, the writer to whom Pym has ceaselessly, and often wrongly, been compared.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
In the vicarage garden, the bodies in the charnel mound have gone back to sleep.
—Joshua Levine, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
Agatha Christie’s fictional hamlet – the home of amateur sleuth Jane Marple – has seen its unfair share of murders, including at the vicarage.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicarage
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Ben leaves to grab some bricks from the rectory to do it that night; Sister Andrea isn’t messing around.Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 4 July 2024
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The boys’ family moved to Mexico in 1986, but Baker, over the next 13 years, flew them to Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Arizona, where the abuse allegedly continued until 1999, at least once in the priest’s rectory in Los Angeles County, court records show.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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The church building and parsonage, both owned by the National Park Service, are part of the national historical park along with Tubman’s former brick home, a visitor center, an administrative building, and the reconstructed Home for the Aged and Indigent Negroes, which are privately owned.Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
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The fire was on the second floor of the parsonage, the official said.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
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Other amenities in Ye’s manse include a resort-style waterfall pool, along with another pool for swimming laps, a pool house, and a luxe gazebo.India Roby, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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Nearly all of the new footage shows her padding around her Vegas manse or goofing around with her kids or doing sports-medicine sessions.Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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These residences offer direct elevator entry, views of Central Park and the city skyline, and generous walk-in closets in the primary suites.Jessica Cherner, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Secret Service has also erected fencing around the U.S. Capitol, the White House and Kamala Harris' residence in D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the police department is also stepping up its presence in commercial districts in all eight wards of the city.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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An excavation in Lincolnshire revealed what appears to be a sacred site Archaeologists digging through a field in Lincolnshire, England, may have found a 1,300-year-old hermitage on the site of a much more ancient henge.Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
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The hermitage was his summer hideaway, a place for monthslong vacations with family and friends.Aimee Farrell, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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The technology could be applied to the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) opportunity that many cities are legalizing to provide more housing supply.Jennifer Castenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The dwelling was initially listed for $30 million in January 2024 before the price bumped down to $28.5 million in May, and then $26 million in October.India Roby, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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Known as Castillo de la Esperanza (Castle of Hope), the Mediterranean-style abode is now on the market for $5.5 million.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Victorian-era abode is filled with natural light thanks to the ample floor-to-ceiling windows.Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, Jupiter rules Sagittarius and Pisces, so making those its domicile signs.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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In the industrial districts and uncanny domiciles of Istanbul, evil gradually starts to appear.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Vicarage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicarage. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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