CALVARIES Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

calvaries

noun

plural of calvary

as in tribulations

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Noun

Supporters say there are sufficient protections to prevent the county from experiencing the financial tribulations that Vallejo suffered in part because of binding arbitration.

— Jon Regardie, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Based on the graphic novel by Anthony Bourdain, Get Jiro is a new Adult Swim series that follows the tribulations of a sushi chef in near-future Los Angeles.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of tribulations

Noun

The latest trials add to its efforts to broaden the capabilities of its armed forces.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
And provided the House flips Democratic, Republicans could see a procession of impeachment trials for Cabinet members — and perhaps even the president.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of trials

Noun

Von Wernich, a former police chaplain, was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 for his role in seven murders and dozens of kidnappings and torture cases during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
The escalating legal battle centers on the holdout juror, who said he’s been harassed since the trial ended but continues to stand by his position that Clancy premeditated the murders of her children.

— Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of murders

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Vieira said the show offers another opportunity for people to discover Rockport beyond the fictional curses portrayed in the series.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
But repression isn’t a good plan when generations-long curses run in the bloodline, because Sally’s daughter Kylie (Joey King), now a college student, has gone and fallen in love behind her mother’s back.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of curses

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Though dreams are tangled up in our desires, Freud’s royal road to the unconscious is not unlike the road in Lost Highway, and other similar Möbius strip horrors, such as the purgatorial Dead End.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
In recent years, the British monarchy has adopted a more conciliatory tone when addressing the horrors of slavery.

— Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of horrors

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Penal Code 597 states that any person who who maliciously and intentionally maims, mutilates, tortures, or wounds a living animal is guilty of a crime.

— Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
Tykes get slapped around, shot with arrows and dangled in traffic — tortures that are played seriously, but the shock of them allows you to guffaw.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026

Definition of tortures

Noun

Some residents said hope is elusive given the island’s litany of miseries – from natural disasters to a bankrupt government to a financial control board that manages funding for infrastructure.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Cyclospora, an intestinal parasite, has sickened thousands of people and hospitalized hundreds with explosive diarrhea, painful cramping, or other gastrointestinal miseries.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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