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nun

[nuhn] / nʌn /


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But she would end up in a totally different role - first a nun and now, 10 years to the day after her death in an earthquake, a would-be saint.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

One of my grandfather’s most repeated stories was about a nun who gave him a new school uniform because the other kids were making fun of how small and worn his old one was.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

“It breaks my heart, because I’m an immigrant,” said Lupita Sanchez, a Franciscan nun who joined the Mass on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

A thousand stories could be invented, for example, to explain the sight of a car pulled over to the side of the road, while a police officer interviews a nun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

She started to walk over to where Maybeth was, but a young nun came and asked her what she was doing there.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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