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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calvaries
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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And for that matter, how could adults accurately account for such ordeals?—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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Their greatest gifts are their biggest curses.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
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Mostly, the show is an eccentric yet seamless mix of black humor and horror, with Wyck trying to convince Loftis that the island’s curses are real.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2026
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Foul odors coming from the Ocean Hill apartment led to a 911 call on Wednesday that revealed the place’s horrors.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
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Aside from a bloodied ear here or there, most of the horrors in Leviticus are implied rather than shown.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 June 2026
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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
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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
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The sad thing is that the miseries return, but there is no other Garrincha available.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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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 23 Jun. 2026.
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