hiatus
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After a hiatus, he returned to the stage in April, kicking off a tour spanning Tokyo, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, selling out every show.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Mere days ago, she opened up about what led to her hiatus from her on-screen career.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Verizon VZ 1.02%increase; up pointing triangle Communications won 82 spectrum licenses for $3.16 billion in the Federal Communications Commission’s first spectrum auction after a four-year hiatus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Williams’ lengthy hiatus has left her unranked in singles, which could mean early matches against such players as defending champion Iga Swiatek or world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Slowly, my left hand patting Schwarz to encourage a hiatus in her meowing, I worked the top off my drum with my right hand.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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These micro-retreats have proven so energizing that I now take a few each year—and science suggests such hiatuses, despite their brief duration, can renew enthusiasm and relieve mental exhaustion in potent ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Both bands have been around since the early noughties and have had their fair share of break-ups, reunions, hiatuses and comebacks over the years.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
And unlike other shows, the cast spent multiple hiatuses on national concert tours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Bands that had been waiting to release new albums until they could realistically envision touring them are now tentatively re-emerging from extended hiatuses.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
It is small, but well filled, and undoubtedly contains some ancient and curious volumes: but several hiatuses gave indication that there had been a few transportations to Vienna or Munich.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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