solitary
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Sean “Diddy” Combs has reportedly been placed in solitary confinement following allegations of his lavish federal prison lifestyle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
During his court appearance on Monday, it was clear he did not lose his sense of humour during his 88 days in solitary confinement.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
It’s a sense of the ultramarathoner world being a kind of mosaic, the runners united by their passion, but never anything but solitary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Nogueira, who has 13,000 followers on TikTok, explained that Gen Z readers found an echo in "the figure of the solitary dreamer, which is how many young people feel today."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
At its foot, guarded by a solitary yew tree, was a cavern of darkness like a silent scream: a gaping stone mouth.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
It is his conversations with fellow city solitaries that unveil smaller revelations, and Saramago casts the transformation of his protagonist in existential terms as Senhor José’s search becomes a project in itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
Here Fulgentius went aboard a ship for Alexandria, being desirous, for the sake of greater perfection, to visit the deserts of Egypt, renowned for the sanctity of the solitaries who dwelt there.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
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