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shore leave

noun as in permission to go ashore

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One didn’t feel any real connection between the lovers, but maybe that, too, was wanted, given that the callous American sailor treats marriage to a geisha during a shore leave in Nagasaki as a lark.

Beatrice proceeded on the arm of Lamont, who had shore leave for the occasion.

An Israeli official said Ankara had submitted a preliminary request for the crew to disembark on shore leave.

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And, of course, the service members take advantage of their shore leave to explore the city’s many diversions.

But once again she was bullied for her physical appearance, and during shore leave in Los Angeles she attempted suicide.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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