holiday
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And each year, it has only grown bigger, with fans dressing up in their favorite Laufey-themed vintage fashions to celebrate the unofficial holiday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
However, it was understandable that he faded as the match wore on, given he had trained for less than a week since returning from holiday before his 62-minute outing.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The airline's management has called the action "opportunistic" as it falls on a major national holiday weekend when airports are busy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The family has remained in Thailand and continued their holiday, officials told AFP.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
I thought about Christmas and felt sad, recalling living in tent labor camps in Corcoran during that holiday and seeing families struggling to make ends meet.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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Two days later, she told POLITICO’s Irie Sentner that it was her “favorite holiday” while admitting, “I’m kind of a curmudgeon when it comes to holidays in general.”
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
The key short-term counter measure he announced was to temporarily lift a ban on truck transports on Sundays and public holidays to help ease cargo bottlenecks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
By the end, and by her own hand, she was reduced to being a joyless hater of holidays and avowed enemy of All Things Fun.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
"The first three times that I spoke to Casillas, the captain, the first thing he told me was, 'I want to ask for more holidays for the national team players'," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Everyone in the building spent the holidays together like one big family.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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He had holidayed with Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and made connections with Mark Burnett, the TV produce of the Apprentice, the show that sparked Trump's rise to power.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
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
They are four of six Britons who died after holidaying there since January 2023, all of whose families are now making personal injury claims against package holiday firm Tui.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Many of them were reportedly holidaying at caravan camps.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Mr Gibbon is accused of only stopping when two sisters who were holidaying next door said they had called the sheriff's office.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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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