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mosque

noun

Definition of mosque

as in synagogue

a building that is used for Muslim religious services

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Recent Examples of mosque Top officials appear as the crowd size swells Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, a 97-year-old Shiite cleric, led the prayers at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla mosque for the late Khamenei and family members killed in the strike. — Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 Authorities have said highways around Tehran will be converted into temporary parking zones, while schools, mosques, universities and sports halls will be used to accommodate visitors. — Emma Graham, CNBC, 4 July 2026 Deadly attacks blamed on the Islamic State group have targeted religious minorities, including a suicide attack on a church in a Damascus suburb and a bomb set off in a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area in the city of Homs. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Hotels are offering 50% discounts, schools, mosques and sports halls have been prepared to house mourners, and bus and rail networks are being diverted to serve the main events. — Parisa Hafezi, USA Today, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mosque

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The group sprang up online earlier this year and has also claimed responsibility for synagogue attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Hours before the event, police evacuated about 300 people from the Paris suburb of Sarcelles after finding a vehicle with a long military weapon near a synagogue, prompting a terrorism investigation.

— Masha Macpherson, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026

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The National Museum of Korea is a short walk from my home, set among bamboo groves and pagodas.

— Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 11 June 2026
The plans, later revised to include a pagoda-style roofline, quickly gained attention on social media, sparking community backlash and a petition that has gained nearly 19,000 signatures.

— Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 3 June 2026

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Nolan’s film has Telemachus and his trusted advisor, Mentor (Ryan Hurst), ambushed by the suitors at a temple dedicated to Apollo.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 July 2026
The scene was both serious and strange — after all, this was Vegas and a member of the Satanic temple with black devil horns affixed to the top of his head was waiting for his turn on the microphone.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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