CALVARIES Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

calvaries

noun

plural of calvary

as in tribulations

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Noun

Irene can do the hard things and get through whatever tribulations get thrown her way.

— Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
This restores a portion of their old fortune to Magdalen as well (from her deceased husband Noel), ending the Vanstones’ tribulations for good.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

Definition of tribulations

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Revolution Medicines is already advancing daraxonrasib through late-stage lung cancer trials.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
While Western pharmaceutical firms are racing to develop a vaccine — some of which are close to trials — none are expected to be widely available soon, putting the onus for containing the disease on underfunded DRC authorities.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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Citywide, shootings and murders have reached historic lows this year including in July a record 29-day streak in Brooklyn without a single homicide.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Lindsay was paralyzed after the violent incident and was arrested and charged with the murders shortly afterward.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of murders

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In other cases Hoodoo was used to counter the threat of curses, as in the practice of suspending bottles from a tree to trap any malevolent spirits or witches traveling in spirit form.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
The cumulative impression of Alice that the book leaves is of someone moving serenely through life, meeting fond blessings and awful curses both with the same calm equanimity.

— Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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What is also clear is that while Disney may or may not have first heard of the horrors Lee went through in 2001 just a few months ago, this four-claim action is not the first time the actress has had lawyers involved fallout from Poof Point.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2026
Also missing is any clear acknowledgment of Singer’s fear for the horrors in store for Antonapoulos, and the dramatic irony created by Antonapoulos’ own seeming obliviousness to how his life is being upended.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of horrors

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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
But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.

— Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of tortures

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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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