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
  • She was completely brainwashed by Raniere, and became part of a harem of women who serviced his every need.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Visitors may hear the haunting bugles of bull elk echoing through the national park, as males gather harems and spar for dominance.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Shot in New Jersey, the indie follows the employees of a dysfunctional tech startup whose corporate retreat at a remote mansion spirals into chaos after a co-worker’s mysterious death.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Brands like Attersee and Sophie Bille Brahe have shops on an upper-level floor, while Adam Lippes’ uptown salon-style location occupies the main floor of a Georgian mansion on Fifth Avenue.
    Kathy Lee, Footwear News, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The new work identifies a vast network of secondary roads linking villas, farms and military outposts.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Surrounded by familiar faces and past connections, the Islanders test their romantic relationships in the real world, resolve unfinished business with exes and discover life outside of the villa has its own challenges, according to a synopsis from the producers.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Hurricane Andrew visited in 1992 but couldn’t damage his coral castle.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • After a precruise stay at the Ritz-Carlton Osaka, the itinerary includes private performances by Kodo taiko drummers and geishas, strolls among cherry blossoms and bonsai trees, and visits to castles and temples, such as the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
    Fran Golden, AFAR Media, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Seraglio.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seraglio. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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