retreats
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The group, currently numbering 12, envisages growing food to sell, holding workshops and retreats - and even setting up a "granny agency" to look after children.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Her 50-something protagonist, Alan Anderson, and his socially striving wife Vivian, are at least about to start thinking about where their family is going to go, once Alan retreats to a backyard playhouse.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
For many, Cole says, these types of retreats are the first time wealthy kids are able to open up about issues that might seem enviable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
This is why it is important to raise awareness among coastal populations about detecting warning signs: felt earthquakes, abnormal sea movements, most often seawater retreats preceding the run-up of the tsunami, but not always.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
According to Mrs. Clarke, the encounter could only be described as toreadorical: the outright threats and faked retreats, the defiant swirl of Lady Constance’s red skirts, the snorting, stamping protest of Lord Fredrick.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
