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Recent Examples of shul
His father convinced the House of Representatives to stop holding votes during the High Holidays in 1998, and former president Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law attended his home shul.
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Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Recently, in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, a ye-olde Tudor-style mansion at 770 Eastern Parkway made headlines when a group of young Hasidic men were filmed brawling with police after emerging, improbably, out of a homemade subterranean passageway in a basement shul.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The nonprofit has trained more than 1,000 people, including 47 volunteers who qualify under FBI standards who help patrol community schools and shuls.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
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Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2024
Recently, in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood, a ye-olde Tudor-style mansion at 770 Eastern Parkway made headlines when a group of young Hasidic men were filmed brawling with police after emerging, improbably, out of a homemade subterranean passageway in a basement shul.
—Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
The nonprofit has trained more than 1,000 people, including 47 volunteers who qualify under FBI standards who help patrol community schools and shuls.
—Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2023
Bacall and his team had gone shul to shul, trying to avert panic as news of the attack spread through the rumor mill.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shul
Noun
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Karen Diamond, 82, died June 25 and was privately buried with her family in attendance, according to authorities and members of her synagogue, Boulder's Bonai Shalom.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
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In northwest Indiana, organizers had to scramble to find new sponsors: An interfaith coalition of local churches and synagogues teamed up to raise events funds, each committing about $1,000 to $2,500, along with several steadfast local businesses, Peksenak said.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Scotland’s Gleneagles has such surprises as an ice-cream cart and a falconry facility, while Casablanca’s new Royal Mansour is far enough from the local mosque to serve booze on-site.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
5 July 2025
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Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques — these worldly shells stand as evidence of New York’s long history of diversity and change.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
27 June 2025
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“Shul.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shul. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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