leisure
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This has weighed on leisure and hospitality employment in US border communities, found Philip Luck of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Similarly, leisure lounges often include one drink and one L.A.-inspired food item but may not have a direct view of competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
How do you want to spend your leisure time and weekends?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Residents were moved to a nearby leisure centre following the fire at Hazlewood Road, Newbridge in Caerphilly county on Wednesday afternoon.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
How had that pursuit, reading the novels that others took as their leisure, let her think she was superior to anyone else?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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“In those days, there weren’t video games or these other leisures kids have nowadays,” Gerard said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 1, 2016
To meet the change, Davis sold 100 theaters, wisely followed his customers into new leisures.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He read and rehearsed his reading in memory, but he did not give himself to “deep, abstract meditation” and did not surrender himself to “the fruitful leisures of the spirit.”
From Historical Essays by James Ford Rhodes
Among the many that mine eyes have seen, Not one whose flame my heart so much as warmed, Or my affection put to th' smallest teen, Or any of my leisures ever charmed.
From A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare
Meanwhile, during the progress of the war, for which he furnished troops; subsequently, in extravagant leisures at court; later, at Tiffauges, where he resided in a manner entirely princely, he exhausted his resources.
From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus
Vocabulary lists containing leisure
The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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