convent
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He grew up in Kolkata, moving between a convent school and a prestigious Jesuit boys' school where he first discovered music while cleaning instruments in the music room.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The adaptation retained the 18th-century setting and the central plot: The teenage siren Manon, on her way to a convent, runs off with a smitten young aristocrat, the Chevalier Des Grieux.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
The women find refuge in a convent and, ultimately, in a seaside town where some measure of peace awaits them.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
In Rome, they founded the convent of Santa Maria del Popolo at one of the city's main entrances, with trees and gardens nearby.
From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026
Alex felt his throat constrict at the idea that Bri might never leave the convent, that he might be sending her away from home forever.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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