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summer

[suhm-er] / ˈsʌm ər /


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But the hottest and driest summer on record has been a "steep learning curve" for islanders, said Lundy managing director Derek Green.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I feel like that just came with playing more, and just understanding what I was supposed to do, understanding my role,” Thiero said this week of his progress during the summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

President Xi Jinping said this summer that AI should be "always under human control," calling for more "laws and regulations, technological monitoring, early warning, and emergency response systems."

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nor did it break down in a hotel valet lane like one reader saw a Zoox do this summer in Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

So, she challenged Auntie to send the city mouse here instead and promised me for the next summer.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

John, who has spent over 20 summers on Hupper Island, a refuge about 90 miles northeast of Portland with no cars and barely two dozen homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now, his latest real estate purchase gives the former governor a substantial new foothold in the Hamptons—complete with enough acreage and amenities to turn his summers into a decidedly resortlike affair.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

"As children, we used to spend all our summers swimming at the beach, having fun by the water, diving, jumping in and sometimes even fishing," the 76-year-old told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

"I don't have enough summers to compare it to, but I put down a camera a few weeks ago and saw a Triggerfish, which is native to the Mediterranean," he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

“Do you remember a few summers ago we sent you to that day camp where the swimming instructor wouldn’t let you advance from tadpole to guppy?”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

He visited the island in 1958, skipping his Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduation ceremony to join his wife, who summered there growing up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is particularly beloved in Castel Gandolfo, where he joined a centuries-long list of pontiffs who summered at the papal villa overlooking Lake Alban in the hills south of Rome.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023

For generations before then, of course, Native Americans knew it by other names and summered at its cooler altitudes.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022

The idea for the book dawned in 1994, when the Smiths, a white family who summered on Edisto Beach, asked a friend if he knew someone who could prepare meals for them.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2022

They are primarily animals of the plains, and in winter when the first snows come those that have summered in the mountains move down to the lower elevations.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Wendy Schlotterbeck, a neighbor who had been summering on Hupper Island since the days when it had no docks or electricity, grew upset at the sight of the chief justice’s celebrating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He’s boastfully summering in Italy and reveling in his luxurious wedding on All-In, the podcast that he co-hosts.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2023

Drinking Aperol spritzes, summering in any destination where tomatoes are part of the common diet and reading by the beach are all foundational to this aesthetic and lifestyle.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2023

Nevertheless, Dorsey, who is also the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, began thinking of acquiring Tidal after summering with his friend Carter in the Hamptons in 2020, according to court documents.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023

Apparently, for fun, kids like the ones at Chumley enjoy trapeze arts, yacht sailing, Formula One go-kart racing, summering in the winter, horseback riding, and fashion accessorizing.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein




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