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hermit

[hur-mit] / ˈhɜr mɪt /


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The first were spartan nooks, just large enough to shelter one hermit from the elements.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

She’s an internet legend — and a hermit with a flip phone.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Wildlife enthusiast Fred, who had just turned six at the time of filming in the summer and autumn of 2024, enjoyed spotting scorpions, snakes, monkeys, monitor lizards, eagles, hermit crabs, geckos and flying lemurs.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

The Order of the Hermits of St Augustine was established in 1256 when the papacy объединed several hermit groups from central Italy into a single mendicant order.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2026

He walked slowly and asked himself ruefully what new misfortune could possibly befall him a moment before the mad hermit in the woods leaped out at him without warning from behind a mulberry bush.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

There are no desert hermits in our tradition, only moms and dads tending home fires.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 11, 2025

“I can’t imagine turning into hermits and not enjoying making music,” Debbie Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2023

Many isolated hermits continued to dwell in northern Egypt.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Big Sur has inspired poets and artists, lured homesteaders, hermits and hippies, and drawn millions of tourists each year.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2023

To the desert go prophets and hermits; through deserts go pil-grims and exiles.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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