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holiday

[hol-i-day] / ˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ /


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Leanne Gregory, from Stapleford in Nottinghamshire, had been on a family holiday with husband Nathan when he believes their boys were swept into the ocean by a riptide.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday celebrated every Nov. 1 and 2 that honors the lives of those we have lost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

All of its 22 chart-topping weeks came over the past few years as the masses have pivoted to holiday playlists after Halloween; it’s all but certain to pad its total this December.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Though the delay from RTO is often only a day, mail can be delayed longer if it’s deposited in a mailbox after the daily pickup time, or just before Sunday or a holiday.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

They only visit under the cover of night, their faces hidden by their shawls, so as not to raise suspicions that they might be coming to pray or to celebrate a Jewish holiday.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Even higher tides are expected around the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Martin Luther King Jr. Day holidays — the so-called king tides that Californians expect every year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

If big storms emerge during those king tide events around Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holidays, they will further worsen the coastal flooding risk, scientists warn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

But defectors interviewed by the BBC appeared to be aware that the family spent holidays in Wonsan, suggesting that at least some North Koreans knew about it.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

With long school holidays, France's teachers have to squeeze their curriculum into 162 days per year, compared to 225 days in neighbouring Germany, according to the OECD.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bright wanted us to keep up practice sessions over the holidays.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

However, since the end of the Ashes they have holidayed in beautiful Queenstown, played golf, been surfing and climbed the picturesque mountain that gives Mount Maunganui its name.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2022

Our entire family, dad, mum, my two brothers and I, had holidayed at their place a year earlier.

From Free from School by Rahul Alvares

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

They are four of six Britons who died after holidaying there since January 2023, all of whose families are now making personal injury claims against package holiday firm Tui.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Many of them were reportedly holidaying at caravan camps.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

She was holidaying with husband, Keith, 55, in Tenerife when their daughter, Megan, informed them their 22-month-old dog was missing.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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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