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hermit

noun as in person who chose to live alone

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Sadly he climbed out of the barrel, like a hermit crab being evicted from a favorite shell.

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Just then, a hermit crab came scuttling over.

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Yet the movie also sinks deeply into the specific, personal mysteries of a man who’s whispered about as a “hermit,” but who pursues his own vision for how his life might be shaped.

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North Korea is one of the world's most repressive totalitarian states, with Kim and his family ruling the hermit nation for decades.

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It’s another element in Saudi Arabia’s about-face from a hermit kingdom notorious for puritanical laws to a tourist destination that can draw 150 million visitors a year.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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