holiday
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In September 2024, Gwynedd became the first authority to introduce a requirement for planning permission to turn a residential property into a second home or holiday let - known as Article 4.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
In modern Europe, August is the month when everyone seems to be on holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Do holiday homes stop young people getting on the housing ladder?
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Around 220,000 people have been evacuated in the region, with 45 campsites forced to shut, ruining the holiday plans of around 40,000 people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Penelope thought back to the night of the holiday ball, and the mad chase Nutsawoo had led through the house, with the children in pursuit.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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But in France, Marielle Mourgeon was among 4,000 people forced to cut holidays short in the seaside village of Lacanau, near Bordeaux, after authorities ordered camping sites evacuates as a precaution.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
In 2022, José Gutiérrez, a Mexican-born architect and U.S. citizen who lived in Ohio, was in Zacatecas while visiting his fiancee for the Christmas holidays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
School holidays should be a time for children to have fun and build friendships, while families have the opportunity to work or recharge.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Families have relived how their tranquil holidays in France turned into a race to escape raging wildfires.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Her parents would go back to Tanaburi to visit during the upcoming holidays, and she’d have to be there.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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The arrival of such futuristic designs marks a sharp departure from how we have traditionally holidayed.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
In a video statement issued from the hospital, he appeared to be in good spirits and said he had holidayed at the Sea of Galilee without properly protecting himself from a heatwave.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2023
Shannon and Abbie have holidayed together and when Abbie visits Sheffield she stays with Shannon's friends and family.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2022
As Benedict had holidayed in the diocese, and spent at least part of his time at the priest’s former place of work with his successor, the experts said they suspect he knew about the conviction.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
Our entire family, dad, mum, my two brothers and I, had holidayed at their place a year earlier.
From Free from School by Alvares, Rahul
Speaking to AFP by phone, a Moscow resident holidaying in Feodosia on Crimea's southeastern coast said earlier this week that "everyone is afraid: locals and visitors alike."
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Three people died after the rare rat-borne hantavirus spread through passengers holidaying on the MV Hondius cruise ship, sparking a global health scare.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The other two Britons who died since 2023 were Jane Pressley, 62, of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, who died in January three years ago after falling ill while holidaying on Sal the previous November.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Many of them were reportedly holidaying at caravan camps.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
The earliest account we have of a Lethifold was written by the wizard Flavius Belby, who was fortunate enough to survive a Lethifold attack in 1782 while holidaying in Papua New Guinea.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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