rusticate
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Johnny Case solves his problem neatly by leaving his fiancee, Julia, to rusticate in the Seton mansion, eloping with her older sister, Linda, who shares his disdain for her family bankroll.
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Franco, who has yet to commit himself unequivocally to restoration of the monarchy, sought to rusticate the prince and his prospective bride outside Madrid.
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Washington bureau chief of the New York Times, who thought the Review's firm stand might encourage the Republican Party to rusticate Welch and all other extremists of his breed.
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He plans to rusticate in Mexico, not talk any English for 90 days.
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One delegate asked what in Sam Hill would become of the country if every candidate should skin out during the campaign and rusticate in the mountains while the battle was being fought.
From Remarks by Bill Nye
Two students were rusticated, or dismissed, by their colleges for climbing King's College Chapel in June 1937.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2019
Daughter The story of a girl struggling with learning difficulties hardly seems like the meat for great rock’n’roll, but Vedder makes it sing on this rusticated country-rock glide from Vs.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2016
The rusticated arena lost its shot at hosting the 2016 Democratic National Convention, but there was still plenty to cheer during its first N.B.A.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2015
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
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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.
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Dona meets him while she is rusticating, away from it all, on her husband's Cornish estate.
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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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