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[sol-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɒl ɪˌtɛr i /


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But I have a sneaking suspicion, Solitary Gourmet, that you have all of this in the bag.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

This article was reported with support from Solitary Watch.

From Slate • Jul. 5, 2025

For his wife, Dolores Canales, co-founder of the California Families Against Solitary Confinement, the film offers a chance to address the rhetoric pushing for solitary confinement in the first place.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

Though Johnny Cash popularized the song when he covered it on his 2000 album, “American III: Solitary Man,” I’m partial to the cracked beauty of the original.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

There’s an odor of witch about them, something mysterious and exotic; it remains despite the scrubbing and the welts on their feet and the time they’ve spent in Solitary.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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