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sojourn

noun as in brief travel; visit

verb as in travel briefly; visit

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Abu Warda gunned the tractor’s engine, pushing it faster as he passed the shell of a seaside cafe where his family once stopped for tea and grilled chicken on weekend sojourns.

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Following his sojourn in Europe and a brief stint back stateside, he won another fellowship to study in Mexico, where he absorbed the lessons of the activist muralists there.

Or to honesty, as a rule, though he insists that this account of his disastrous Venetian sojourn is genuine.

A striking cremello horse stood out from the rest — a beloved subject for photographers who sojourn here.

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His sojourn in Europe encouraged him to take a fresh approach to the United States: "I began to look at my country from another point of view," he later said.

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