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monk

[muhngk] / mʌŋk /


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Users who have downloaded his app include a strip club owner, a Buddhist monk and parents.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Not the monk who was his friend of 30 years, not his niece in New York.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

Like many Tibetan men, he served as a monk, spending 12 years at a southern India monastery.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Nobody has an answer – not Lady Eboshi, certainly not San’s wolf mother or a monk who turns out not to be a monk at all.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

We all stand there, marveling at the fat monk, petting the white dog.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

But the action is nullified by the fact that Ono assumes the stoic posture of the Buddhist monks seen in the news at the time setting themselves aflame in protest of the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Buddhist monks are highly venerated in Thailand, entrusted with preserving and passing on the Buddha's teachings.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Police were also taking witness testimony from surviving monks as part of the investigation, Prayut said.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Nine Buddhist monks were killed and several others in their procession injured when they were hit by an 11-year-old boy driving his parents' pickup truck in north-east Thailand, police said.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Like all the monks, his head was covered with the gray cowl of the order.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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