solitary
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Serrano has mapped out a solitary farewell in Puerto Rico, targeted for later this year or early 2027.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Many wild bees, including bumblebees and solitary bees, provide pollen directly to their offspring.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
But crucially, the text does not specify what will become of Ocalan, 77, who has spent the past 27 years being held in solitary confinement on Imrali prison island near Istanbul.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Reading is a solitary act in the way that stand-up comedy is a solitary art form.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I cannot think of leaving you, sir, at so late an hour, in this solitary lane, till I see you are fit to mount your horse.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Like everything these days, hermits exist on a wide spectrum and prefer a variety of identifiers: lovers of solitude, solitaries, contemplatives.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2020
As Chaplin realized, it swarmed with solitaries, all of them dreaming, like dragons, of a private hoard.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 14, 2018
He was one of the longest‑enduring solitaries in history, and among the most fervent as well.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2017
He never pitied or condescended to his solitaries; instead, he loved and understood them.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
We Western men, Mr. Sidwell," he said at last slowly, "are more or less solitaries.
From Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman by Will Lillibridge
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