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vacation

[vay-kay-shuhn, vuh-] / veɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və- /


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Hijazi vented to Gowan, who commiserated from vacation in Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

With the activities and plentiful food such as fresh fish, tempeh and lightly blanched vegetables, the experience felt more like a vacation than my time in Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“He has a place somewhere else, more like a vacation place, and he just wants to travel and be closer to his family,” Sarkis confirmed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The New York Mets sit at home — or more likely at lavish vacation destinations, given their perch at the top of baseball’s payrolls at $345.8 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

At the end of my second year teaching, I took a group of students and parents to Kenya during the summer vacation.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

Americans are already using artificial-intelligence agents to book vacations, draft emails and automate other tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Family vacations have become limited to weekend getaways, because judges can schedule hearings at any time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

“We sacrificed vacations, but in the end, we have a home that’s ours.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

People across income brackets are still traveling, but many are altering their behaviors to make vacations fit into their budget, Wynn says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The first day back at school, everyone is talking about all the amazing presents they got and all the cool vacations they took.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Wearing a life vest that showcased his toned arms, Macron cut a sporty figure as he vacationed at the Bregancon Fort, the presidential retreat, during France's August summer break.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Kennedy described Makary, along with Oz and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, as “friends” who stayed in each other’s homes and vacationed together, in a Fox News interview last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Court filings show she was given a $1,000 monthly allowance from Abatti and the pair vacationed around the world — in places such as Italy, Switzerland and Hawaii — with their children, family and friends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

And it turned out this was a thing; some therapists even vacationed in July to fill the end of summer void.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

Before the Civil War, five sitting presidents vacationed there, as did judges, lawyers, diplomats, slaveholders, and merchants—mostly from Southern states.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

The photo shows a vacationing couple seated in striped deck chairs beneath a brightly coloured parasol on a beach.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The victim was a 28-year-old man from Mexico who was vacationing with friends, Jalisco state police told ABC7.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Balancing vacationing now with planning for dream trips in the future is important, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026

As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

“Dude, why are you really here? It seems mighty convenient that a vacationing, time-traveling superhero accidentally shows up in Logan the same day time freezes. Ain’t that right, Otto?”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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