resort
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He also bought several historic buildings in the resort town of Crested Butte, Colo., where he and his philanthropist wife own a home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The resort advertises a program in which it leases units purchased by investors, but it declined to say if Paxton’s properties were enrolled in it.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Judge Jose Dias Toffoli was removed from Banco Master proceedings when it emerged that Vorcaro's brother-in-law had purchased part of a resort in 2021 from the judge's brothers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Rescuers had to get through a tunnel blocked entirely by mud and rocks - some bigger than cars - and had to resort to using explosives to clear the way.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
So apart from the very occasional town or ski resort, New Hampshire is primarily, sometimes rather dauntingly, wilderness.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Some have turned their islands into lavish vacation compounds, while others have envisioned ambitious resorts or simply left much of the land untouched.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
You know the end of summer is nigh when Vail Resorts announces opening dates for its ski resorts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The upward trend in global average temperatures has brought unseasonably warm weather to Switzerland's higher altitudes, and a reduction in snow has imperilled some of its ski resorts and competitions.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Most notable among the new and renovated Guerneville resorts: Dawn Ranch and the River Electric, both with a glamping focus, both with docks on the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Then he resorts to taking long walks, through fields and woods and cemeteries.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Those who have stayed inside Ukraine have resorted to workarounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Patricia Gathoni said if the prices kept going up she would have to rethink what she gave her children, saying she had resorted to adding water to the milk that she managed to buy.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In California, state leaders once attempted to shut down privately run detention centers and, after losing, resorted instead to proposing other oversight measures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
To tackle the severe droughts and water shortages that plague the country, Kazakhstan has resorted to cloud seeding, a weather modification method previously unseen in Central Asia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He seated himself at his desk and, as usual, resorted to holding open a book - this time it was Who's Who - turning a page to and fro.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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“Basically, no film studio wants to give her the budget to turn her books into a movie with real actors, so she’s resorting to AI studios,” wrote one person on Reddit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
As some companies pump the brakes on AI spending by resorting to cheaper models, others are going all-in on the most advanced AI systems—even with their hefty price tags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
But instead, while some players recognised it as the team simply resorting to clearing their lines and regrouping their shape in defence – it was a tactic some didn't agree with.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
France's education minister, Edouard Geffray, announcing the measures, also said that some schools were resorting to municipal halls, libraries or other air-conditioned premises so that teaching could go on "in more suitable conditions".
From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026
Anthony remained a pacifist and held on to the hope that slavery could be abolished without resorting to fighting.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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