calvaries

plural of calvary

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Noun
  • In great detail and with candid memories, the book narrates the trials, tribulations, and tragedies from the band’s formation in 1984 through the current day, including emotional and personal reflections on the life and death of one of its own superheroes, Chris Cornell.
    Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
  • The new film, which is both written and directed by the franchise’s longtime screenwriter John Hamburg, sees Grande play Olivia Jones, the fiancé of Pam and Greg Focker’s son who now has to endure the tribulations of meeting the parents (and grandparents) before joining the family.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Reports from the Ukrainian trials suggest the robots were mainly useful for logistics and support missions rather than combat.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
  • As Luigi Mangione's legal team heads back to court in New York City this week for a key pretrial hearing, some legal experts say his populist appeal, fueled in part by what some describe as his Instagram-ready good looks, could complicate his trials.
    Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 16 June 2026
Noun
  • The Bronx is still responsible for more than a third of the murders and shootings in the city, according to NYPD statistics.
    Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
  • Heuermann's sentencing comes more than two decades after prosecutors say the killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, began with Costilla's death in November 1993.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Phillips said, victims are left to live with the impacts of the perpetrators’ actions — with the survivors in this case forced to continue to relive their ordeals as the case continues on to the Court of Appeal.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 June 2026
  • And for that matter, how could adults accurately account for such ordeals?
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Noun
  • Rather than a nod of respect, Spurs fans—myself now sheepishly included—are finding their favorite tees and caps drawing chirps, sneers, and curses.
    Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 10 June 2026
  • Chants laced with curses echo through Madison Square Garden.
    Albert Samaha, Washington Post, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Six Sex never ignores the horrors, but uses them as fuel for a debut that unfurls as a freewheeling post-porno blitz.
    E.R. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 11 June 2026
  • But Azeez did confirm that once season 3 is underway, Javadi will no longer be feet-first in the horrors of emergency medicine.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The sad thing is that the miseries return, but there is no other Garrincha available.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • The parallels between Ines’ dilemma and that of a nation being asked to lick its wounds in silence — in the name of moving on from past miseries — are present but elusive.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 May 2026
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“Calvaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calvaries. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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