summer
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This summer, Beijing announced a 20% tax on offshore trusts held by citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
On Thursday hundreds of prisoners were released early, under new rules introduced to prevent jails reaching capacity, with around 4,500 due to be freed by next summer.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
On a dry summer day, workers ran for their lives as a deluge of water knocked out pumps and electrical equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
His superpower seems to be the ability to cosplay a vain summer camp counselor in the Adirondacks from a bad Hallmark comedy.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
You couldn’t expect a bell rope to last the summer.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Baroness Brown told BBC File on 4 Investigates "not enough action" had been taken in light of predictions the UK is facing longer, drier summers because of global warming.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The three-match contest concludes on Sunday at The Oval - a match that brings down the curtain on one of the most topsy-turvy summers in recent memory.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Warmer summers have also encouraged the so-called "coolcation" trend, whereby Spanish travellers seek out cooler areas to spend their holidays, typically in the north of the country.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
She said summers in Aix-en-Provence, where she used to live, had become so hot that her cats were struggling to breathe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The winters were changeable, but the summers always were burning hot.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Mr. Gammons didn’t summer on the Cape; he summered at the Cape Cod Baseball League, in whose hall of fame he is ensconced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
For generations before then, of course, Native Americans knew it by other names and summered at its cooler altitudes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
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
Trump typically lives at Mar-a-Lago from October to May before summering in New Jersey.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2023
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
Sidibe is the voice behind Jenna Clayton, a Black writer summering in Westchester with her wealthy boyfriend and taking notes on a group of local influencers for her next book.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
Apparently, for fun, kids like the ones at Chumley enjoy trapeze arts, yacht sailing, Formula One go-kart racing, summering in the winter, horseback riding, and fashion accessorizing.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
