commune
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At a time of societal fracture and backsliding, “Liberation” offered audiences the opportunity to commune collectively with a watershed movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 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
He wrote a goodbye note and left the small commune in the Pyrenees in the dead of night.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Proto-Town, a 1,200-acre campus in Lockhart, Texas, serves as a business commune for “hard tech” founders and was valued at $100 million last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
She tells him she was raised on a commune in Vermont, the child of hippies, educated at home until the seventh grade.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
“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
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
Well, he’s the man who played Locke in Lost – a character who communed with the evil that was a part of the island that show was set on.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2018
I hear no one who has not communed with me!
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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
Yes, I was living in a tent for two weeks, communing with the pine trees and black bears of the Sierra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
A few days ago, when I was communing with the orrery, I was trying so hard to find the single pivotal moment that set my life on its path.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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