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orphanage

[awr-fuh-nij] / ˈɔr fə nɪdʒ /




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In Anaheim, St. Catherine’s Academy combines Catholic boys’ K-8 education and military traditions, having its beginnings in a girls school, later an orphanage, and, in 1924, a military school.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Eleven-year-old Margot “Meg” Lefleur, one of the two narrators of Kathryn Stockett’s historical novel “The Calamity Club,” has been a resident of an orphanage in Oxford, Miss., since 1931—two miserable years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

She was taken to an orphanage and later adopted by British parents, before eventually moving to the UK when she was 10-years-old.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Back in George Allan's organ orphanage, there is hope something might be done.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Hawk told me that the Resistance movement had been given word that these children were going to be taken soon, and the orphanage closed down.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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