summer
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"It's only been open in the summer in the past, but we will be taking the winter to kind of get it ready for visitors in the spring – early March or certainly before Easter."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent, faced record-breaking temperatures, droughts and wildfires over the summer that caused tens of thousands of excess deaths.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
“It’s almost like summer camp for people that love Christmas movies,” said Whitney Andelius, 34.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Derby City Council refused the plans in 2025, but surveyors were seen at the site over the summer.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The summer is half over, but it feels never-ending.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Martin channeled an Ireland he’d been steeped in through family, an expat community in London and summers and Christmases spent in his parents’ native counties with visits to the islands off the western coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Holmes frequently related how she grew up spending summers and holidays with her uncle, who she adored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Some have wanted to escape Washington’s notorious humid summers, while others longed to flee the cold and create a “winter White House” in warmer climes.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
Now, his latest real estate purchase gives the former governor a substantial new foothold in the Hamptons—complete with enough acreage and amenities to turn his summers into a decidedly resortlike affair.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
When summers come a moving fever hits many of them, even when the orders command that they stay where they are.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Lasek, whose family long owned a textile business that supplied Ralph Lauren and other major brands, summered in the Hamptons and nearby Fire Island for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Richard Nixon — who was born in Yorba Linda, attended Fullerton High, had his first law office in La Habra and summered in San Clemente during his presidency — might seem like an obvious choice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
Grubauer said he was the only Kraken player who stuck around home base all offseason, with its top-of-the-line facilities, strength coaches and medical staff who aren’t available to him if he summered at home.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2023
Driscoll and her husband summered on the New Jersey shore, in Point Pleasant, until he retired in 1930.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
The partners at the top firms graduated from the same Ivy League schools, attended the same churches, and summered in the same oceanside towns on Long Island.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Wendy Schlotterbeck, a neighbor who had been summering on Hupper Island since the days when it had no docks or electricity, grew upset at the sight of the chief justice’s celebrating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He’s boastfully summering in Italy and reveling in his luxurious wedding on All-In, the podcast that he co-hosts.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2023
Nevertheless, Dorsey, who is also the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, began thinking of acquiring Tidal after summering with his friend Carter in the Hamptons in 2020, according to court documents.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
There's a Black elite that has been summering on Martha's Vineyard since the late 1800s.
From Salon ● May 3, 2023
She’d been fourteen, and her family had been summering on the coast of West Ravka, enjoying the seaside and performing in a carnival on the outskirts of Os Kervo.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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