hermit
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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
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
“Ugh, fine, go hermit away in your little notebook world,” Layla said, but Ivy knew she was kidding.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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
“We’ve asked them to be patient with us. We’ve gotten texts and emails from people saying they’re living like hermits again with delta variant, asking when is it going to be safe.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
Madison’s preferred location for the national capital was a “wigwam place” suitable for hunting parties and hermits.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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