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sanctuary

[sangk-choo-er-ee] / ˈsæŋk tʃuˌɛr i /
NOUN
church; holiest room or area in religious building
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Vet tech Lauren Cotton will take over as animal care director at the newly named nonprofit Sanctuary Hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Around the same time Sanctuary Hill announced its inception, a large, bedraggled bird was spotted in Wisconsin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“It’s one of our gems of the California coast,” said Michael Cohen, chair of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Found in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary in south-eastern Nigeria, Iroro Tanshi said seeing the short-tailed roundleaf bat for the first time in almost 50 years, should have been "big headliner news".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

At the Sanctuary, we all had to work on his care.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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