holiday
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We’re off Monday for the holiday, so we’ll see you back here on Tuesday.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Enjoy the long holiday weekend if you’re off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Advertisers from Macy’s to Levi Strauss have announced that a portion of the multimillion-dollar tariff refunds they received from the federal government will go to boost marketing spending as the holiday shopping season approaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"If you're spoken to abruptly or fairly aggressively in some situations, it can naturally be quite upsetting and it can have a negative impact on your holiday," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
New Year's in New Orleans was Ella's favorite holiday tradition.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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There was a decline of over five percent in the struggling auto sector, although the agency said this was partly due to factory holidays.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
However, car production was down on the month, although that was partly due to factory holidays, Destatis said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Brain, meanwhile, had a modern car, a mobile phone, designer clothes and went on expensive holidays.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
It is understood that ministers will try to implement the changes before the start of next year's summer holidays.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The two young men shared almost all of the major holidays together, usually at the Collins home.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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
Shannon and Abbie have holidayed together and when Abbie visits Sheffield she stays with Shannon's friends and family.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2022
More than 18 million people holidayed in Greece in 2021.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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
She decided to leave Kyiv in June after holidaying abroad this summer and seeing people living "normal" lives.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
Three people died after the rare rat-borne hantavirus spread through passengers holidaying on the MV Hondius cruise ship, sparking a global health scare.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The other two Britons who died since 2023 were Jane Pressley, 62, of Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, who died in January three years ago after falling ill while holidaying on Sal the previous November.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
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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