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Recent Examples of hermitFollowing hermit twins František and Ondřej Klišík, the Slovak director first discovered them thanks to Aleš Palán’s book.—Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 July 2025 Nicolas Cage plays a grizzled, mournful hermit named Rob who lives in the woods of the Pacific Northwest and spends his days hunting truffles with his pig, Apple, and then trading them to big-city buyer Amir (Alex Wolff).—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 May 2025 Later, in 1254, Pope Alexander IV included other groups of hermits in the order, known as the Grand Union.—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025 The order was born juridically in March 1244, when Pope Innocent IV united various groups of hermits in service to the Universal Church as a community of Mendicant Friars.—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hermit
Elvis had become a Las Vegas lounge act; the Beatles had broken up; Bob Dylan had been a recluse since his motorcycle accident in 1966.
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Louis P. Masur,
The Conversation,
21 Aug. 2025
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are two types of venomous spiders found in the United States — the black widow and the brown recluse.
However, Local Law 42, the law limiting solitary, requires 14 hours per day of out-of-cell time.
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Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
Sweat was then confined to 23-hour-a-day solitary at Five Points Correctional Center, though he was subsequently transferred to Attica Correctional after trying to bribe Five Points officials.
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