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Recent Examples of synagogue
In 2018, 11 people were killed and six were injured after a shooting at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue.
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Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2025
Andor runs away to the synagogue his family had attended before the war, but finds no fulfillment there, either.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
His social media showed pride in the Oct 7th massacre, celebrations of synagogue murders & selfies with Hamas leaders.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
The group is made up of some 40 churches, synagogues and mosques in Miami-Dade that come together to advocate for solutions to some of the county’s most pressing social issues.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
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Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2025
Andor runs away to the synagogue his family had attended before the war, but finds no fulfillment there, either.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2025
His social media showed pride in the Oct 7th massacre, celebrations of synagogue murders & selfies with Hamas leaders.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2025
The group is made up of some 40 churches, synagogues and mosques in Miami-Dade that come together to advocate for solutions to some of the county’s most pressing social issues.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
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Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 2014, vandals tried to set fire to the shul, noted for the whimsical palm trees painted on either side of the ark, and its ceiling, which resembles a starry night.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
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The caretaking and preservation of these dying congregations is just another aspect of the invisible labor taken on by a generation of women whose work in the home and the shul—caring for children, husbands, family members—was always taken for granted.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Vengrinovich was taken to the temple where he was fed and then escorted by car to an Indian government hospital.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The text records royal decrees including tax relief during poor Nile floods; donations to temples; the creation of a new priestly office; a festival tied to the heliacal rising of Sirius; and a calendar reform introducing a leap day every four years.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One moment, the Sound of Sleat is a sheet of silver under a pale sun; the next, wind drives rain sideways into the distillery’s courtyard, rattling the pagoda roof.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Both Hai and Thida’s homes are facing destruction — his pagoda, her cinema — and the consequences of the Cambodian genocide loom large in their present lives.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Renovation plans to this tabernacle feature a mental wellness center and a workout room.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
27 June 2025
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Miller also noted that the original tabernacle of the church survived, along with 17th-century lead coffins that visitors can view under a glass floor.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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