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summer

[suhm-er] / ˈsʌm ər /


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“With summer travel underway, the risk of exposure to infectious diseases may increase,” said Muntu Davis, county public health officer.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Earlier this summer, large crowds of protestors converged on Delaney Hall in support of the hunger strikers.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

One imagines Mike Rogers has enjoyed a lovely Michigan summer.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

The teaching assistant added: "Although I'm paid throughout the summer, it's still it's not enough to pay for something every single day."

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Celia and I started jogging together last summer when she was getting in shape for field hockey.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Climate change is expected to bring more severe, frequent and longer-lasting heatwaves in UK summers in the coming years.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Monsoon-related disasters are an annual occurrence across India after the region's long summers when many parts of the country face water scarcity and drought.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Japan's summers are getting hotter and more dangerous, with some cities seeing several "cruelly hot days" - a term used for days when temperatures rise above 40C.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

It shelves a photograph you paused over, a dish you ate three summers ago, a flavor combination you praised enthusiastically in public and then apparently continued discussing with yourself in private.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

Susie told me that she spent whole summers running through the marsh barefoot, and I told her Jay and I did the same.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Throughout her life, she summered in Maine near Franklin Roosevelt, yet she was among those drawn to “settlement houses.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

Richard Nixon — who was born in Yorba Linda, attended Fullerton High, had his first law office in La Habra and summered in San Clemente during his presidency — might seem like an obvious choice.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2024

Grubauer said he was the only Kraken player who stuck around home base all offseason, with its top-of-the-line facilities, strength coaches and medical staff who aren’t available to him if he summered at home.

From Seattle Times Oct. 8, 2023

Driscoll and her husband summered on the New Jersey shore, in Point Pleasant, until he retired in 1930.

From New York Times Feb. 23, 2023

During the summer break from school, the Gobles worked as live-in help for a New York family that summered in Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Later that decade, Avery befriended Rothko and then Gottlieb, and by 1932 all three were summering in Gloucester, spending their mornings sketching or painting the harbor, the wharfs, the sea, the beach and the bathers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

He’s boastfully summering in Italy and reveling in his luxurious wedding on All-In, the podcast that he co-hosts.

From Slate Aug. 24, 2023

Nevertheless, Dorsey, who is also the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, began thinking of acquiring Tidal after summering with his friend Carter in the Hamptons in 2020, according to court documents.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2023

There's a Black elite that has been summering on Martha's Vineyard since the late 1800s.

From Salon May 3, 2023

She’d been fourteen, and her family had been summering on the coast of West Ravka, enjoying the seaside and performing in a carnival on the outskirts of Os Kervo.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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