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holiday

[hol-i-dey] / ˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ /


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Ingenia, which owns retirement villages and holiday parks in Australia, said Monday that the New York-based private-equity group had raised its indicative all-cash offer to 5.25 Australian dollars a share, equivalent to US$3.69.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Traitors star Paul Gorton did not think twice about sharing photographs on social media while enjoying a family holiday with his wife and two young children.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

It’s a proven formula that leans into the ridiculousness of mundane situations but earns its audience every holiday season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Ms. Fritz dismisses speculation that the two fell into each other’s arms on this sunny, romantic-sounding holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

They only visit under the cover of night, their faces hidden by their shawls, so as not to raise suspicions that they might be coming to pray or to celebrate a Jewish holiday.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Markets in South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China were closed for holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

There are fake shopping sites, fake delivery services and even fake holidays.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The couple took their long-term relationship to the next level by getting engaged in January 2025—with reports emerging that the actor popped the question to his partner in an at-home proposal over the holidays.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Japanese financial markets will be closed for national holidays from Monday through Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

He wears his lieutenant's uniform on national holidays.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Mandelson has met Elon Musk, holidayed with Trump's new Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and built a relationship with Mark Burnett, the TV producer behind The Apprentice who is now Trump's special envoy to the UK.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025

In a video statement issued from the hospital, he appeared to be in good spirits and said he had holidayed at the Sea of Galilee without properly protecting himself from a heatwave.

From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2023

She has since only holidayed in the UK and mainland Europe, travelling by train and bike.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2022

As Benedict had holidayed in the diocese, and spent at least part of his time at the priest’s former place of work with his successor, the experts said they suspect he knew about the conviction.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022

Our entire family, dad, mum, my two brothers and I, had holidayed at their place a year earlier.

From Free from School by Rahul Alvares

A British national of Iraqi birth, Saad al-Hilli was holidaying with his family in the picturesque countryside of Lake Annecy in eastern France.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Tudor Davies lives in London and is holidaying in Glencoe with his family.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

"People haven't got the resources to sit in a pub for three or four hours and enjoy themselves. I get the impression people are holidaying on a tighter budget."

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Speaking to AFP by phone, a Moscow resident holidaying in Feodosia on Crimea's southeastern coast said earlier this week that "everyone is afraid: locals and visitors alike."

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

The earliest account we have of a Lethifold was written by the wizard Flavius Belby, who was fortunate enough to survive a Lethifold attack in 1782 while holidaying in Papua New Guinea.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling




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