solitude
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Ample windows and three distinct outdoor spaces connect the dwelling to the world around it—including views of the Silver Lake Reservoir and San Gabriel mountains—while its tucked-away location in the hills creates space for solitude.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Oeldorf-Hirsch believes the appeal of solitude content is filling a social need for the creators and their audience, providing some "balance" against the dominance of hyper-glamourised influencer culture.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He was especially interested in thresholds: the moment you move from sidewalk to entry, street to courtyard, apartment to terrace; from solitude to community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
No identity seemed to suit her, and her continued solitude fed the gossip about her alleged witchcraft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The terror and solitude of that empty world flood back to me and I pull away.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
Are the vast mountain solitudes of British Columbia, of which but very few have been so far explored, populated by a hairy race of giants—men—not ape-like men?
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2023
“No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved,” he wrote.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2022
But the platform is more effective in collecting solitudes than in bringing strangers on a large scale meaningfully together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2020
Who better to offer up an olive branch that can ease the hitherto irreconcilable tensions between Canada’s two solitudes?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2020
He wandered through the wild solitudes of Thrace, comfortless except for his lyre, playing, always playing, and the rocks and the rivers and the trees heard him gladly, his only companions.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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