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weekend

[week-end, -end] / ˈwikˌɛnd, -ˈɛnd /










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Antonelli admitted that the high stakes of the weekend were on his mind, to the extent that it was affecting his driving.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Because rain is expected this weekend, water sampling will begin Monday and continue as needed until results comply with state recreational water quality standards, the city said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Asked by AFP before the weekend, La Liga said that Chinese television had previously shown all games live, without specifying which platforms hosted the broadcasts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

A Times Square advertisement was also planned for this weekend.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

“The guy can’t wait for the weekend to be over and for me to be gone.”

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The Tsaritsyno museum is an imperial palace and park complex in southern Moscow that is a popular place to visit, especially on weekends.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

He also floated free public transportation on weekends, seeking to reconnect with poorer voters who had long formed the backbone of his support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

This format also means every team plays three group games, there are no fallow weekends and the whole tournament can be done in a relatively tight five weeks.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

With many offices moving to remote work, expatriates in Riyadh who frequently travelled to their home countries on weekends are still weighing their options.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

We were inseparable, and Mama and Mario’s mom used to arrange playdates at the park for us on the weekends.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

There he weekended last week, driving up from Philadelphia through Valley Forge Park.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

They don’t seem to like one another very much, these three gay besties weekending together at a tacky Airbnb in Palm Springs.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 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 evening of the second day had already come, when Ar-hap arrived home after weekending amongst a tribe of rebellious subjects.

From Gulliver of Mars by Edwin Lester Linden Arnold


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