summer
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Gemma Thomas, who works in the control centre, said the average number of calls is usually 200-300 but on their busiest day this summer they had almost 2,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
This summer, a 24% year-over-year surge in solar-power generation helped the U.S. weather the hottest July on record without drawing down natural-gas stockpiles too far.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The region set a record this year for the earliest harvest given the exceptionally hot summer, which caused high sugar content in the grapes and forced an easing of rules on alcohol content.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
In 2024, a 15th-anniversary re-release of “Coraline” earned more than $52 million globally over the summer, according to Box Office Mojo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Last summer Jilly Bean announced her preference to go by Jillian.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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
The Alaïa embellished flats that were everywhere two summers ago were such a hit that the brand made the shoes in other materials because clearly it’s resonating with shoppers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He was going to have two parents who cared and grandparents who doted on him and spend summers in a house on the shore.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Kaminetsky expanded same-day delivery to more locations, including the Jersey Shore, after shoppers who summered there asked why the service was available in the Hamptons but not the Shore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
That’s where she summered as she continued to write new books and churn out editions of her etiquette bible.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
For generations before then, of course, Native Americans knew it by other names and summered at its cooler altitudes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
The idea for the book dawned in 1994, when the Smiths, a white family who summered on Edisto Beach, asked a friend if he knew someone who could prepare meals for them.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
They are primarily animals of the plains, and in winter when the first snows come those that have summered in the mountains move down to the lower elevations.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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
Here are five other films where summering at a country house leads to significant power imbalances and lifelong consequences.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023
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
I've been summering there for 20 years, probably.
From Salon ● May 3, 2023
“The fever has assumed a most alarming appearance,” Rush wrote to his wife, Julia, who was summering in Princeton with their youngest children.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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