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At one point, she appears pained by a television report on the Vietnam War, showing a self-immolating monk; her unhappiness about becoming a mother is also offered as a plausible explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Luckily, you don’t have to live like a monk until retirement, said Michael Van Boening, director of the financial-planning group at Mercer Advisors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

The narrator of “The Behavior of the Hawkweeds” ruminates on her grandfather’s childhood encounters with Gregor Mendel, the monk whose experiments with pea plants laid the groundwork for modern genetics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Users who have downloaded his app include a strip club owner, a Buddhist monk and parents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The monk stood up, keeping his chin tucked down.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Burton's links with beer date back to the 11th Century when monks first started brewing.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

SHANGRI-LA, China—When China’s masses want to experience the Tibet of chanting, crimson-robed monks and prayer flags flapping in the wind, they don’t go to Tibet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

One change from last year is that so far, the government has parked the "pitch-rolling" with a silence that would rival the Trappist monks.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

“The Buddhist Bug” was created in 2011, a few years before “The Red Chador,” and inspired by the pervasiveness of the saffron-colored robes worn by monks in Cambodia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

These young monks hadn’t noticed the children and were laughing about whatever young men laugh about when they think they are alone.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz