seraglio

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Recent Examples of seraglio Kendall also participates in a toga party and is entertained by a provocative belly dancer in a male seraglio. J. Hoberman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 Despite Miller’s visual panache — when’s the last time a seraglio was depicted on the big screen? — these anecdotes are ultimately as unsatisfying as Campion’s Dog. Armond White, National Review, 7 Sep. 2022 The film, which was to be called In the Sultan’s Power, involved a dashing American traveler who rescues a young Frenchwoman from the seraglio of a diabolical Turkish nobleman. Longreads, 15 May 2018
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Noun
  • The unique cultural makeup of Cádiz—with its famous Moorish alcazar, with its echoes of Arab-Andalusian culture playing alongside Spanish Catholic aesthetics—and its quiet way of life have been a steady guide for Judeline as she’s found her artistic voice and its visual direction.
    E.R. Pulgar, SPIN, 20 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Facts about elephant seals—a bull’s responsibility to impregnate his harem of females, birthing and nursing—though presented scientifically, put the children in a state of wild glee that a thousand-year-old redwood tree or a century-old lighthouse could not induce.
    Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • What about those who attended his parties and referenced his harem?
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 12 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The couple threw an annual holiday party at the Conyers Farm mansion.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This home, at 164 Balbrae Drive, and which is now on the market, was originally the carriage house that served the mansion.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The spa Where most of The Breakers’ design is filled with homages to Italian villas of yesteryear, easily the most contemporary space on the entire property is the Spa.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Police said witness accounts indicate that the couple arrived at Zuri Hotel in Zanzibar on April 4 and had been quarreling frequently until the night of April 8, when hotel management separated them and asked McCann to move to a separate villa about a 10-minute walk away.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Families can build sand castles, fly kites, or climb to the top of the dunes for a stunning sunset show, while thrill-seekers can go sand-boarding or hang gliding (permits from and/or registration with the park office are required).
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Then enjoy the rest of it on land, learning about native plants and animals at the Gulf State Park Nature Center and building towering sand castles with private lessons through Sand Castle University.
    Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 17 Apr. 2026

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“Seraglio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seraglio. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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