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Recent Examples of synagogue
The participants include members of church groups and synagogues, and the relatives of men being detained out of sight on the other side of the highway.
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Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
But his candidate statement twists scripture to cast Jewish people as treacherous and contains antisemitic tropes, a rabbi with the conservative synagogue Mosaic Law Congregation told The Bee.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Carney said antisemites in Canada have fired bullets at Jewish schools and thrown firebombs at synagogues and attacked community centers.
—CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
But his candidate statement twists scripture to cast Jewish people as treacherous and contains antisemitic tropes, a rabbi with the conservative synagogue Mosaic Law Congregation told The Bee.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Carney said antisemites in Canada have fired bullets at Jewish schools and thrown firebombs at synagogues and attacked community centers.
—CNN Money, 2 June 2026
Blocking someone from entering a house of worship, or acting in a way that makes worshippers entering the building fear for their safety, is now a crime in New York under a law approved after a series of raucous demonstrations outside synagogues.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
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Throughout, hate mail poured into inboxes at mosques and advocacy groups.—
Rob Kuznia,
CNN Money,
7 Dec. 2025
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On March 15, 2019, a gunman unleashed a horrifying terror attack on a mosque and an Islamic center in Christchurch, killing 51 people.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2 Dec. 2025
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Felder understood the impulse behind the shul’s decision.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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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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This week's Thai attacks, which stem from a long-running border dispute between the two Southeast Asian nations, have also forced more than 20,000 from their homes in several communities, the Cambodian ministry said, along with destroying infrastructure, damaging temples disrupting public services.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
9 Dec. 2025
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The two countries have long disagreed on stretches of their 500-mile border that had been demarcated under French colonial rule, especially around the Preah Vihear and Ta Muen Thom temples, and have clashed several times over the years, including between 2008 and 2011.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
9 Dec. 2025
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Online reports say on the Clark Street side, La Cocina Mexican restaurant with its Chinese pagoda sign, and its neighbor, Micky's Chicken & Fish, have closed too.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The views of the pagoda remind you of your whereabouts, and keep things grounded.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Built in 1892, the gospel tabernacle once was home to the Grand Ole Opry radio show from 1943 to 1974.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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In the corner of one of Amsterdam's most elegant 17th-century canal houses, a cheetah leaps from an antique tabernacle.—
Karen Burshtein,
Time,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Synagogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synagogue. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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