commune
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After the explosion at an apartment building near Monaco's border with France, a suspect was seen fleeing towards the French commune of Beausoleil.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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
It serves as a business commune for young tech founders and other entrepreneurs who all live and work there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
There are around 30 of us, maybe more — all experiencing the soundscape of the quartz bowls; a tech-free hour designed for us to commune with memory, creativity and emotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
Then we stopped at the hardware store to stock up on duct tape, which was just about the most useful thing on earth for a farm commune.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
“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
In point of fact, I communed with it even more meaningfully this time, and not merely because of the stagecraft or the sentimental pull of a theater world striving to be whole again.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021
I went to blues parties in dark basements, where black queer folk communed.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2020
He’d communed with the dead, heard them whispering hints about their future.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Mr. Hayward isn’t trying to impress Lizzie Bennet; he’s communing with Mary, in all of her meek and geeky glory.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 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
Sixtyish Maggie Bird retired from the CIA under a cloud but has rebuilt a life for herself in Purity, Maine, raising chickens and communing with a group of CIA retirees, a.k.a the Martini Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
“I am communing with the alligator,” I said.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
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