commune
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Their beloved dog died at 16, which the couple taxidermied and mounted in their home so they can still commune with the pup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Lan was an early adopter, diversifying his crop two decades ago and now boasting 400 durian trees in Ea Knuec commune, part of Dak Lak province.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Homer-haunted himself, he travels to obscure places, winning the trust of the gatekeepers and key-holders he meets, to commune with those who have shared his form of possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
The hippie commune was now under the control of corporate America.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
“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
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 set down a plastic picnic basket and communed with his cat.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
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
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
Like Ann, Seyfried is wholly committed to the vision, singing, dancing and reaching her hands to God with such celestial fervor that it feels as though she really is communing with something unseen.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 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
Of course Abel took to communing again with Amanda, and by April he was rather sure they were in touch with each other.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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