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But she wants landlords to be allowed to offer fixed-term contracts to students in line with the academic year to avoid properties being left empty over the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
This summer, Riyadh Air’s CEO struck an optimistic tone, despite having delayed a soft launch set for March as missiles crisscrossed the region.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
She argues higher monthly rents would mean bigger upfront costs for students and higher overall costs for those who do choose to carry on renting over the summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
TYLER, Texas—Garrick Stafford had been texting all summer with a woman he met online, a redheaded makeup artist named Sarah Williams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Towering cypress, cottonwood, and elm trees rim the pasture, hovering over clumps of dogwood trees, which, come summer, will bloom white, pink, and red.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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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
Living in New Mexico, enthralled by its unique light, she painted pueblos, churches and her house at Ghost Ranch, where she spent many summers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 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
Two summers ago we went to Chicago, where the real painting takes up one entire wall of the Art Institute.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
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He visited the island in 1958, skipping his Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduation ceremony to join his wife, who summered there growing up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 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
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
During the summer break from school, the Gobles worked as live-in help for a New York family that summered in Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Later that decade, Avery befriended Rothko and then Gottlieb, and by 1932 all three were summering in Gloucester, spending their mornings sketching or painting the harbor, the wharfs, the sea, the beach and the bathers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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
I've been summering there for 20 years, probably.
From Salon ● May 3, 2023
Apparently, for fun, kids like the ones at Chumley enjoy trapeze arts, yacht sailing, Formula One go-kart racing, summering in the winter, horseback riding, and fashion accessorizing.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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