weekend
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But as of Friday night, at least a dozen programs across the country were stalled hundreds of miles from where they were supposed to be playing this weekend, with no idea when—or how—they’d get there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
New research from the Lib Dems this weekend suggests that if nothing is done, the number of Neets would hit 1.26 million by 2031.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
And it falls ahead of a particularly busy weekend for professional and college sports -- teams and their fans are also stuck.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Thankfully, my colleagues have compiled some great reads to help you make it through Friday the 13th unscathed—and get your weekend off to a more auspicious start.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
“The guy can’t wait for the weekend to be over and for me to be gone.”
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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Tracy suggests that maintaining reasonably consistent schedules throughout the entire week, including weekends, may help limit these disruptions and support healthier circadian rhythms.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
Someone who wakes up early throughout the week but stays up late and sleeps in on weekends may experience this mismatch.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
He attributed the lackluster performance to the Georgia incident and its related ride closures, as well as bad weather on crucial weekends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
"I certainly feel like the last few weekends, the pace has not been too bad on Sundays," Norris said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
When she slept over on the weekends, she would braid my hair the same pattern so we’d look like twins at school.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
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There he weekended last week, driving up from Philadelphia through Valley Forge Park.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The good weather gives us more time to write, because we aren’t raking leaves, shoveling snow, having drinks with our editors, or weekending in the Hamptons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
He is said to have been building a retirement compound in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second city, while weekending in the mountains where he helped changed the course of history.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 15, 2021
And the weekending shopkeepers and miners from La Wallonie, the French-speaking eastern half of the country, headed to Blankenberge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2016
The project, which one observer wryly called “a locally sourced, high-end Levittown for weekending New Yorkers,” will have 26 modernist barns on about five acres each.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2014
If I were weekending at Bodfish's, I should have arrived there just half an hour ago.
From A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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