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holiday

[hol-i-day] / ˈhɒl ɪˌdeɪ /


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He was arrested in Japan in May when he travelled to the country for a holiday.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Avoid any activities that may create a spark, secure those outdoor holiday decorations, and stay hydrated!

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

If you’re going to take an $8,000 holiday of a lifetime to Europe, take it while you still have jobs and workplace health insurance.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Justice Department said officials tried but couldn’t reach him on what was a federal holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Anyway, like I said, Dad has never come this close to winning the big countywide holiday a cappella contest, and I’ve never been more excited for him.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

With long school holidays, France's teachers have to squeeze their curriculum into 162 days per year, compared to 225 days in neighbouring Germany, according to the OECD.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Meanwhile, U.S. and Japanese bond markets were closed for holidays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Major retailers also are preparing for increased demand around the holidays and are stocking up and replenishing inventories, Seroka said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Some 130 French high schools remained closed on Monday, the education ministry said, with authorities hoping the protest movement that has rocked the nation in recent weeks would ease ahead of half-term holidays.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

They’d come back with curious tourists and fill up the island with holidays and noise.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

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

The couple, who live in Ludlow, Shropshire, have holidayed at their caravan in Tywyn for many years, with Mrs Falconer having visited the area since she was a child.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024

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

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

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

Many of them were reportedly holidaying at caravan camps.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

Louise said she was sad to hear the fair was closing but it wouldn't stop her from holidaying in Porthcawl again.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

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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