as in to relate
to form a close personal relationship
after a week in the wilderness, the scouts were really starting to commune with nature
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Recent Examples of commune
Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
Filmed somewhere in a desert landscape, the video finds Musgraves communing with nature and all its earthly creations.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
John Leland, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
In her new book, Shallow looks back on her past — including her childhood on a Florida commune and her journey to TV stardom — and shares her path toward empowerment.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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From near-death experiences via boulder chasing, tangling with deadly snakes, stopping fascist organizations in their tracks to communing with aliens, archaeologist Indiana Jones has done it all.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
Filmed somewhere in a desert landscape, the video finds Musgraves communing with nature and all its earthly creations.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
Israel, then, to many represented communes and living off the land, which resonated with the American counterculture.
—John Leland, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
In her new book, Shallow looks back on her past — including her childhood on a Florida commune and her journey to TV stardom — and shares her path toward empowerment.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Popular on Variety The tone for proceedings is set by an introductory anecdote that Ricciardi relates directly to camera, concerning a teenage masturbation mishap that left him with splinters in the head of his member.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Jennifer Ouellette Senior Writer Jennifer is a senior writer at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
24 Jan. 2025
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The show that evening — the first in a seven-day engagement — was canceled, as state and city investigators sought answers.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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How each city and town got its name is another story.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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The molds and plate were removed after three hours of curing, and the team applied silicon adhesive to bond the rigid segments to the soft joints.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
29 Jan. 2025
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Most American pet owners see their pets as their children, but one generation has bonded with their fur babies more than any others.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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The parents could have simply been out of town or on vacation, but officers also worried about them.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said the Israeli military launched attacks on Lebanese citizens on Sunday attempting to enter towns still occupied by Israeli forces.—
Charbel Mallo,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Also, click here to subscribe to our newsletter, bringing our top stories of the week straight to your inbox.—
Terry Baddoo,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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To read how Newsweek uses AI as a newsroom tool, click here.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Each of the 67 rooms boasts charming village and serene harbor views, and some even have their own private patios to take a languid coffee in the morning.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
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Investigators later learned the family traveled to London and the Island of Jersey in the English Channel before ending up at a remote Iceland fishing village.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Stay Here: The Thinking Traveller’s ‘Citrus’ villa is located in a waterfront hamlet on Plakes beach, about three kilometers west of the port town.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
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The telltale signs of a community built with money earned abroad are unmistakable in this mountain hamlet.—
Whitney Eulich,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Commune.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commune. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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