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[hol-i-dey] / ˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ /


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Even Amazon can recognize the importance of a piece of direct mail that makes holiday shopping less likely to cause choice paralysis.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

This month, parents across England have been gearing up for the start of the summer holiday, but Heptinstall believes it should be shorter - perhaps reduced from six weeks to four.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Ooi sees scope for the pressure to continue if investors keep reducing exposure, but with Korea markets closed for a holiday, the de-risking impact on Friday’s U.S. session may be less pronounced.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

And in the US, at least 44 heat-related deaths were reported over the 4 July holiday weekend from the extreme weather.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Nighthand did not have the relaxed look of a man on holiday.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

A sequel to the hit “Home Alone,” Fricker’s Pigeon Lady was a source of unexpected tenderness for Culkin’s Kevin, now stranded during the holidays in New York.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

It adds: "Local authorities and academies set their own term dates, not the government, so they already have the flexibility to change the length of holidays if that is something teachers and parents want."

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

We tend to think of ambitious centerpiece proteins as the terrain of cold-weather holidays: the Thanksgiving turkey, the glazed ham or the New Year’s Eve prime rib.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

Industrial output is expected to have grown 4.6%, slightly faster than May’s 4.5% increase, helped by a rebound in production after extended holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Now he spends half of the summer, every other weekend, Tuesday and Thursday nights and some holidays with his dad.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

The experience has, she says, changed the way she and her family have holidayed for good.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2025

Mandelson has met Elon Musk, holidayed with Trump's new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and built a relationship with Mark Burnett, the TV producer behind The Apprentice who is now Trump's special envoy to the UK.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2025

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

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

Many of them were reportedly holidaying at caravan camps.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

The previous evening, Ali Ansaye, who had been holidaying in Armenia with his family, was heading back to Tehran.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

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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