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vacation

[vey-key-shuhn, vuh-] / veɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və- /


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It’s something I used to do on vacation, especially in my early 20s — change clothes before the hotel check-in, before the trip had technically begun.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Summer, and all the vacation days and potential travel that implies, is upon us.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

A $419 hotel tab on a family vacation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Read: Could a jet-fuel shortage turn your European summer vacation into a nightmare?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Nearly a year later, at his vacation home on the Black Sea, Nikita Khrushchev picked up the phone and heard the voice of Leonid Brezhnev, the second most powerful man in the Soviet government.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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