commune
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He also visits a religious commune and witnesses actual generosity only to remain apathetic about repentance or emotional growth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Their work takes the pair to a variety of locations, from a coastal fishing village, to a sustainable commune and a rugby club.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
He wrote a goodbye note and left the small commune in the Pyrenees in the dead of night.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Most of the 18 passengers were teachers from Hanoi on a charity trip to Lao Cai province, where the accident occurred on a long downhill stretch in Phinh Ho commune.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
“Not this time, Counselor Chu. However, I do feel the wish to commune with the moon tonight.”
From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin
“The Greeks believed that sleeping on a grave might give you dreams in which you communed with a spirit,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
There, he visited the Musée du Luxembourg and communed with paintings by Cézanne that became “clearer and more beautiful if you were belly-empty, hollow-hungry.”
From New York Times ● May 15, 2023
Worshippers have already prayed and communed at the site on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island, while the general public will be allowed in next month.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
He founded the Patuxent Riverkeeper and took up the mantle as a public voice of the river — the river with which he had so often communed.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2020
Emma’s smart and widely read brother attended seances, communed with spirit guides, and collected photographs that seemed to show ghosts and spirits.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Mr. Hayward isn’t trying to impress Lizzie Bennet; he’s communing with Mary, in all of her meek and geeky glory.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Post-release he lives in self-exile in Bangkok, communing online with clients back in Myanmar.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Although there are no figurative features at all, they appear to be communing among themselves and with you.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Feeling like “a broken entity trapped in a kind of prison,” he finds peace by communing with the one person who can see him, Indian student and fellow lonely soul, Rosa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2025
The ancient fox closed his eyes, communing with the worlds beyond.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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