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seraglio

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Definition of seraglio

as in alcazar

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as in harem

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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 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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Erik Menendez and his brother, Lyle, serving life terms for the 1989 fatal shootings of their parents in the family's Beverly Hills mansion, had their parole hearing moved up 17 months, although authorities didn't say why.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Once upon a time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino’s mansion was nearly burgled.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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Solo or satellite bulls have no cows, and spend all their time trying to sneak into a harem or find a cow or two of their own.

— Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026
One male character boasts of amassing a harem by offering food to the starving and threatening to murder the unwilling.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026

Definition of harem

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Where to stay Following the success of its sister resort in Sumba (to the west of Rote), the 21-villa Nihi Rote and Hospitality Academy on Bo’a Beach opens the renowned surf sites to top-end travelers.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
The same might be said of Stealing Beauty, which starred Liv Tyler as a 19-year-old American spending the summer at a Tuscan villa with the culturati friends of her poet mother, who has recently committed suicide.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

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