commune
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Rebecca Papin, a French-American visiting her holiday home in the commune of Biscarrosse, near to the Cap Ferret peninsula, saw a large plume of smoke in the distance on Thursday.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Their work takes the pair to a variety of locations, from a coastal fishing village, to a sustainable commune and a rugby club.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
It serves as a business commune for young tech founders and other entrepreneurs who all live and work there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
There are around 30 of us, maybe more — all experiencing the soundscape of the quartz bowls; a tech-free hour designed for us to commune with memory, creativity and emotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
We’re going to sit in the darkness now, together among her canned pickles, to commune with her dead son.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
“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
Also, even though the scale of the event was overwhelming, it was less elegant than earlier concert performances where he communed with his mother’s spirit.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
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
He’d communed with the dead, heard them whispering hints about their future.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Haddock told Salon that he grew up celebrating Juneteenth as a sort of church day, communing with his family and community.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
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
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
I’m only allowed to use the camp phone once a week because we’re supposed to be communing with nature!
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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