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summer

[suhm-er] / ˈsʌm ər /


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First displayed to the public during an "open rehearsal" four months after their arrival, the bison have so far only appeared in summer shows held in a small tent in a Moscow park.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

World Cup host cities had lofty economic expectations for the summer tournament.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

An Anthropic agent went rogue during testing this summer and submitted a false tip about a homicide to a police website in Philadelphia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The retailer was sold for £1 last summer by previous owner Pepco to US investment firm Gordon Brothers.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Sweet summer smells came in the breezes from the farms around the camp; sometimes I would dream that Karel and I were walking hand in hand along a country lane.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

"As children, we used to spend all our summers swimming at the beach, having fun by the water, diving, jumping in and sometimes even fishing," the 76-year-old told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

UK summers are expected to become drier on average due to climate change - although when there is heavy rain it could fall in more intense bursts.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

While I was learning to swim, Irene had spent her summers building fences, moving cattle, branding, and helping the neighbors who bordered her parents’ ranch, and their neighbors.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

Robert Pluhowski, whose family has summered next door to Duryea’s since the 1970s, said the problem goes beyond Rowan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

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

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

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

I've been summering there for 20 years, probably.

From Salon ● May 3, 2023

Part of the Quinault Indian Nation, it was traditionally used as summering grounds for salmon fishing, hunting, berry picking and recreation.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 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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