hiatus
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Grande announced her hiatus last month, shortly after releasing the music video for her latest single, Petal, which led some fans to express concern about her weight.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Manon Bannerman went on an indefinite hiatus to “focus on her health and wellbeing,” Katseye announced in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
After a brief hiatus due to the 2020 pandemic, the event returned in 2022 with Interpol, Modest Mouse, the Shins and M.I.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
During that hiatus, North Korea proceeded with its nuclear and missile programs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
She goes on to explain the origins of the pageant and how it went on hiatus during World War II and again when Kennedy was assassinated.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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These micro-retreats have proven so energizing that I now take a few each year—and science suggests such hiatuses, despite their brief duration, can renew enthusiasm and relieve mental exhaustion in potent ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Both bands have been around since the early noughties and have had their fair share of break-ups, reunions, hiatuses and comebacks over the years.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
Bands that had been waiting to release new albums until they could realistically envision touring them are now tentatively re-emerging from extended hiatuses.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Eight, after all, had just graced the brackets in 2019, while two had ended three-year hiatuses, one a five-year, another nine, and then came Hofstra of Hempstead on Long Island.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2020
"Bring the evening food and drink," commanded the Master, in excellent Arabic, guttural and elusive with strange hiatuses of breath.
From The Flying Legion by George Allan England
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