synagogue

variants also synagog

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Recent Examples of synagogue The suspect behind last week’s deadly car and knife terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, authorities said. Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025 Also participating in Faith and Blue are POINT members and churches, centers, synagogues of various faiths, including Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist temples and mosques. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025 The man who carried out a deadly attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, northern England, had pledged his allegiance to ISIS while carrying it out, police said Wednesday. Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 Antisemitism exploded around the world, with many innocent Jewish bystanders also becoming casualties in the war of public opinion — one just last week at a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. Noa Tishby, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for synagogue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for synagogue
Noun
  • My third space was a church, but the same dynamics could happen in a mosque, synagogue or in other third-space communities, such as a 12-step program, a jazz band or a softball league.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Mamdani started early, at temples, mosques and weekly street and cultural events, Singh said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ava DuVernay gave us soft radiance with a sweep of pink blush across her cheeks and temples, while Law Roach reminded us that natural skin is always in.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Indeed, the architect — who is used to operating behind the scenes for private clients — struggled to describe the feeling of seeing his work displayed in the temple of French design.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But the delicate and sturdy structure with a multitiered roof that makes her box look a pagoda devoted to the baking gods.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Renovation plans to this tabernacle feature a mental wellness center and a workout room.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
  • 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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