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St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace.
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Harrelson has a small but impressively loony role as a crazed hermit who claims to anyone who will listen that the end of days is here.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
His exhortations are driven by a cynical bluster, a loss of faith in mankind; that seems to be the real reason that he’s abandoned Germany to live as a tropical hermit.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
The hermit nation transported its special forces fighters on seven Russian ships earlier in October, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a press release on Friday.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Despite being a commited hermit, Cheng likes to share his creative output online.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 14 July 2024
His exhortations are driven by a cynical bluster, a loss of faith in mankind; that seems to be the real reason that he’s abandoned Germany to live as a tropical hermit.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2024
The hermit nation transported its special forces fighters on seven Russian ships earlier in October, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) said in a press release on Friday.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Despite being a commited hermit, Cheng likes to share his creative output online.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Hermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hermit. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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