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sojourn

[soh-jurn, soh-jurn, soh-jurn] / ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, soʊˈdʒɜrn /
NOUN
brief travel; visit
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Two of the astronauts will get into Starship HLS and descend to the moon’s surface for a roughly one-week sojourn.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Or to honesty, as a rule, though he insists that this account of his disastrous Venetian sojourn is genuine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

They didn’t want to be rushed into opening a new Taco María, so they decided a sojourn to Door County would be fun and also right.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

He was back in Zimbabwe colours in late 2020, a "better bowler" for his sojourn in England.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

In 1805, during a sojourn in France, he wooed and married Madame Lavoisier, widow of Antoine-Laurent.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson