sanctuary
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The plan would make the Trump International Club in West Palm Beach -- where the 80-year-old billionaire often spends weekends on the fairway -- into an official sanctuary for his successors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
After a cancer diagnosis, two L.A. musicians turned their Topanga A-frame cabin into a sanctuary, reshaping every room — and garden — to prioritize serenity, views and healing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Initial sanctuary has come at his own county, Durham, where he has been a wholehearted and willing contributor to their Division Two title success.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Thousands of olive ridley turtles came to La Escobilla beach in Oaxaca, Mexico, to lay their eggs within 48 hours, according to sanctuary officials.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Elisha called this private upper floor “a sort of sanctuary; a retreat to which we are driven by mischief-making eyes and tongues. There, like wounded deer we escape the hunters.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The experts studied chimpanzees and bonobos living at two great ape sanctuaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
In recent decades, sightings were rare and Florida classified them extirpated, insisting that any spotted in nature were escapees from zoos or sanctuaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The rising cost of food and veterinary services, which can put even individual pet owners in difficult situations, creates an even bigger burden on sanctuaries and rescues caring for so many animals.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
This rapid urbanisation meant grasslands were seen as empty places to build, not sanctuaries to conserve.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Every Sunday they made their way to their sanctuaries and fervently prayed to the Lord to send them a sign that democracy would come to them.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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