rusticate
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Secretary of Commerce Lament will rusticate on his son's ranch at Larkspur, Col.
From Time Magazine Archive
In other words, as far as the Soviet-dominated government in Prague is concerned, Dub?ek's main job in Ankara is to rusticate.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Mitchell was court-martialed in 1925 for his obstreperous advocacy of air power, his friend & follower Hap Arnold was sent off to rusticate at Fort Riley.
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He plans to rusticate in Mexico, not talk any English for 90 days.
From Time Magazine Archive
Go on down and rusticate with your relatives for the summer, and fly the bats in your belfry at the old moss-backs, while I am getting this Cincinnati and Gulf Stations commission under way.
From The Tinder-Box by Maria Thompson Daviess
Two students were rusticated, or dismissed, by their colleges for climbing King's College Chapel in June 1937.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2019
The couple rusticated themselves to Bennington, Vt., where he was a teacher and she — as far as the neighbors knew — was a housewife, raising four talkative children.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2015
One of the largest developers in Monaco, Marzocco has turned its hand to everything from pink palazzos encrusted with wedding-cake mouldings to rusticated stone castles.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 30, 2014
Designed by Robert W. Gibson, it was built of modest rusticated limestone block and red tile, topped by a 160-foot copper belfry that still tolls every half-hour.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2014
I guess this was the rusticated equivalent of coming out.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
On this Maine island, vacation is for rusticating.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021
A quiet, brooding sense of menace settles in right at the beginning, which finds Mr. Clooney, his silver hair complemented by a snowy beard, rusticating in the snowy Swedish countryside.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2010
As they left town for England's long Easter holiday, rusticating members of His Majesty's Government ignored a Laborite M. P. who attempted the role of Cassandra.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old Jack Paar, supposedly rusticating there, is host-narrator.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was returning from leave, and spent most of his time rusticating around the "Old Willard".
From On the Trail of Deserters A Phenomenal Capture by Captain Robert Goldthwaite Carter
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