commune
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Even Lukas Graham cited the band’s roots in Christiania, a Danish enclave with a history as an anarchist commune, as an example they’re following by bailing on this tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Lan was an early adopter, diversifying his crop two decades ago and now boasting 400 durian trees in Ea Knuec commune, part of Dak Lak province.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Homer-haunted himself, he travels to obscure places, winning the trust of the gatekeepers and key-holders he meets, to commune with those who have shared his form of possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Cascadian started as a kind of hippie commune in 1972, founded by a fellow named Gene Kahn and his friends.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
“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
Well, he’s the man who played Locke in Lost – a character who communed with the evil that was a part of the island that show was set on.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2018
Did Muriel know she had communed with the Fairy Queen?
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
Haddock told Salon that he grew up celebrating Juneteenth as a sort of church day, communing with his family and community.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 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
Hikers jostling for space on packed trails have turned communing with nature into a contact sport.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
She turned around to find her crisp-knickered daughter communing with cement marsupials.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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