nun
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TV viewers saw her last in Channel 4's The Falling, starring Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu, about a nun and Catholic priest who fall in love.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
“The word nun was not in my vocabulary,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
I was nuts about Pawlikowski’s 2013 “Ida,” about a young nun on a destructive road trip through her family’s history, and 2018’s “Cold War,” a tumultuous romance between two artists in a time of propaganda.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Rosa Padhilete, a Franciscan nun who came from Naples, said she felt an "immense, inexplicable joy" seeing the remains.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
As he pulled and pushed at the dough, Malcolm pressed the nun with questions.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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