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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

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

The Order of the Hermits of St Augustine was established in 1256 when the papacy объединed several hermit groups from central Italy into a single mendicant order.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2026

And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

When he went away, the hermit said, “Promise to come back soon. The Father and the Mother, too.”

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

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

Big Sur has inspired poets and artists, lured homesteaders, hermits and hippies, and drawn millions of tourists each year.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2023

“At one point,” he said, “there were five thousand monks living as hermits in these caves.”

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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