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Recent Examples of nun
It was based on the controversial 1920s opera Sancta Susanna, whose story follows a nun facing her repressed desires.
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Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
The on-site boulangerie, a holdover from the nuns' tenure, churns out morning pastries using flour milled in-house from ancient grains.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024
Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong By Raymond Bonner
Almighty, by Dan Zak
One night in July 2012, an 82-year-old nun named Megan Rice and two companions break into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
—Jared Sullivan, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The new version of Sancta, directed by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, shows naked nuns roller-skating on a half-pipe and a wall of crucified unclothed bodies.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
The on-site boulangerie, a holdover from the nuns' tenure, churns out morning pastries using flour milled in-house from ancient grains.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024
Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong By Raymond Bonner
Almighty, by Dan Zak
One night in July 2012, an 82-year-old nun named Megan Rice and two companions break into the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
—Jared Sullivan, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
The new version of Sancta, directed by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, shows naked nuns roller-skating on a half-pipe and a wall of crucified unclothed bodies.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 11 Oct. 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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Benedict: Benedict has been in regular rotation ever since St. Benedict founded the Benedictine order of monks in the early middle ages.Anna Moeslein, Parents, 26 Oct. 2024
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At Weihenstephan, which was founded as a brewery in 1040 by Benedictine monks, nonalcoholic wheat beer and lager now make up 10% of the volume.Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 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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Kinvara, that red priestess who popped up in Myrene on Game of Thrones season 6, will be so happy that she's now vindicated in her claims.Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
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Legend has it that Apollo prevented his muse priestess from brewing, imbibing or smoking laurel leaves, which have a mild narcotic property.Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Dreher, who was close with Vance at the time, introduced him to a group of Dominican friars in Washington.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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In recent years, Joe cooked for the friars at St. Francis and at 1883 Kitchen at Kroger, Downtown.Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
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Under Macron’s presidency, which began in 2017 after his surprise victory as a 39-year-old political novice, France has sought to reclaim its place as a global center of culture.Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
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The appeal of visiting them will be obvious to serious ornithologists, but even novice bird-watchers or anyone who simply loves spending time in the great outdoors will appreciate these bird hot spots.David Escribano, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2024
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Ask her to stop with the mean-spirited stories about your sister — or else.Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Similarly, a pair of individuals thought to be sisters, or mother and daughter, were found to include at least one genetic male.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 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 22 Nov. 2024.
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