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sojourn

[soh-jurn, soh-jurn, soh-jurn] / ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, soʊˈdʒɜrn /
NOUN
brief travel; visit
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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

“I can only say that his behavior was all that could be wished during his sojourn with us,” Miss Oker said.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

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

The organization reminded readers to remember the National Park Service’s “10 Essentials,” a list of basic items recommended for sojourns out into a national park or other wilderness areas.

From Washington Times Nov. 14, 2023

But these sojourns on cheap horses were rarities.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Scores of friends and family already have sojourned to Utah to pay their respects to a man who planted in them a passion for the explosive cacophony of color, variety and fragrance found in nature.

From Washington Times Nov. 6, 2015

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

Leaves collect as the door opens to new, returning and — because the Bookstore is one of those havens and Tannenbaum one of those raconteurs — sojourning customers.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2022

This world that I was sojourning in was ruled by a diverse group of contemporary American playwrights who were the subject of my graduate theater course.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2020

We had no intention, however, of seeking for, or of sojourning even for a single night, in any large town.

From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Gordon Stables




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