hiatus
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City, though, will undergo a stern examination upon their return to action after the three-week international hiatus, facing a trip to unbeaten Liverpool on Sunday, 11 October.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A year after releasing their 2016 album, “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made,” the duo announced an indefinite hiatus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Yet the takeover came with a cost: By the end of 1987, the band had entered a hiatus that would last nearly a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern's portrayal of the band's world tour in 2025 also captured the moment Liam and Noel reunited in the rehearsal studios following a 15-year hiatus.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The two of them crouched by the hold a moment longer in a shared hiatus from their work.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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
Like writers, actors have seen their pay decrease due to shrinking residuals, shorter TV seasons and longer hiatuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 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
There were still hiatuses for her in Mrs. Struthers's past.
From The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
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