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hermit

[hur-mit] / ˈhɜr mɪt /


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The first were spartan nooks, just large enough to shelter one hermit from the elements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

I’m not a hermit, but I live in Wales, and I’m trying to regenerate the land and all this stuff.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Wildlife enthusiast Fred, who had just turned six at the time of filming in the summer and autumn of 2024, enjoyed spotting scorpions, snakes, monkeys, monitor lizards, eagles, hermit crabs, geckos and flying lemurs.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

Much less familiar is Guglielmo of Malavalle, a twelfth century hermit venerated by the Augustinians for defeating a dragon using a simple wooden staff shaped like a pitchfork.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2026

“Ah, there you are, Ripple!” said the hermit crab.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

There are no desert hermits in our tradition, only moms and dads tending home fires.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

“I can’t imagine turning into hermits and not enjoying making music,” Debbie Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2023

Many isolated hermits continued to dwell in northern Egypt.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

The Taliban leaders have the same broad vision, but “in Kandahar, they’re hermits, they’re not involved in the day-to-day,” said Kugelman.

From Seattle Times Feb. 15, 2023

As a matter of fact, nearly all hermits seemed to be called Nacien in those days.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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