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sojourn

[soh-jurn, soh-jurn, soh-jurn] / ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, soʊˈdʒɜrn /
NOUN
brief travel; visit
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Ernst Baerwald’s odyssey from a cushy childhood in Frankfurt to his final days in a beautiful Berkeley mansion, with a long sojourn in Tokyo along the way, reads like, well, a novel.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

Beyond a couple of scuff marks and some debris jammed into the treads, our sojourn had left the shoes looking much as they had when I’d first taken them off the shelf.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 2026

And the comparison to Bowie’s West German sojourn is apt: working with his producers, Styles has clearly immersed himself in the avant-garde, taking chances, and embracing idiosyncrasy.

From Salon Mar. 6, 2026

During a European sojourn, he surprised a colloquium at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands by delivering a lecture in Dutch, which he had taught himself.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

After sojourns in Hawaii, Italy and Thailand, the fourth season will take place on the French Riviera against the backdrop of the glamour, deals and parties of Cannes.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Tilford advises making wildflower sojourns as soon as sightings come in.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

A large, gestural 1972 painting attested to a road not taken, while records of his sojourns in Europe and Africa revealed the influence of architecture on abstract structure.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

We have him to thank, then, for the series’ sojourns to the deck of 19th century pirate Zheng Yi Sao’s ship and the Trojan War.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2024

Other than during his sojourns in England, Haydn’s long career was mosdy unaffected by what the public thought of his music.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The group had sojourned to Badwater Basin, the park’s lowest point and the lowest point in North America, which sits 282 feet below sea level.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2023

But it appears that Rusty, who sojourned briefly beyond the zoo’s bounds nine years ago, was not the only member of his species to show a seeming wish for freedom.

From Washington Post Jul. 4, 2022

Species of fish, unfit for human consumption, were food for various vulnerable migratory birds that sojourned along its banks.

From Seattle Times Jun. 12, 2022

Although there are no photographs of the home as it looked when the original owners briefly sojourned there, Scott said she suspects the vision today is probably more lush than in bygone times.

From Washington Times Jun. 3, 2017

All night long Sarai had sojourned in dreamscapes wholly alien to her.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Part of this is in the rich tradition of European reporters sojourning in the United States who find casual grotesques about Americans far more lucrative and less taxing than actually trying to meet the natives.

From Slate Mar. 10, 2026

Moreover, a little solo sojourning is good for all of us.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2025

The San Francisco-bred politician has made a habit of sojourning to more conservative swaths of California after major elections.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2024

Between courses, she explored on her own, staying with friends and relatives or sojourning in hostels and hotels.

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2018

On leaving Ireland, Mrs. Alexander, with her parents, travelled a good deal, both at home and abroad, occasionally sojourning in London, where, while still young, she began to write.

From Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches by Black, Helen C.




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