nun
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A few days later, Rettig was settling into a furnished room at the Sacred Heart Residence in the Chelsea neighborhood as a nun showed her around.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
I was nuts about Pawlikowski’s 2013 “Ida,” about a young nun on a destructive road trip through her family’s history, and 2018’s “Cold War,” a tumultuous romance between two artists in a time of propaganda.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Her sister, Shauna Gill, said she "belongs to the world now", as thousands attend a Catholic retreat named after the nun.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Rosa Padhilete, a Franciscan nun who came from Naples, said she felt an "immense, inexplicable joy" seeing the remains.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Chucha was like a nun who had joined the convent of the de la Torre clan.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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