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After the hermit’s death, the farmhouse then served various community purposes, from a teacher’s cottage to a meeting hall, but had been neglected until recently, when the Queen Mother helped the community acquire ownership and renovate it.
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Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Jessica Jungbauer, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hermit
Noun
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Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.—
Kenny Herzog,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
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Brandon reportedly died by suicide locked in solitary in that shower cage.—
Tamara Carter,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2024
Noun
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Related article Reported Swedish shooter lived as recluse in quiet apartment block AR-15 rifles have been permitted for hunting since 2023 and Strommer said around 3,500 have been licensed since then.—
Reuters,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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From that moment on, Lennon effectively became a recluse, rarely seen in public and never to tour again.—
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The study surveyed gonorrhea bacterial isolates—Neisseria gonorrhoeae—from around the country and found that the prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistant isolates nearly tripled between 2017 and 2021.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Mar. 2024
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Thus, continued surveillance and genetic analysis of viral isolates remains essential.—
Dave Wessner,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Hermit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermit. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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