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sojourn

[soh-jurn, soh-jurn, soh-jurn] / ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, ˈsoʊ dʒɜrn, soʊˈdʒɜrn /
NOUN
brief travel; visit
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STRONG




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Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

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

Following his sojourn in Europe and a brief stint back stateside, he won another fellowship to study in Mexico, where he absorbed the lessons of the activist muralists there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Their Polish guide during this sojourn relates that they seemed “like space aliens” walking the streets, the first tangible proof to Poles that punk rock was real.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

During his sojourn in the East in 1937, Smith had been caught working Seabiscuit at night four times.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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