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summer

[suhm-er] / ˈsʌm ər /


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However, he may enjoy a quick reunion with ex-City team-mate Bernardo Silva, who joined Real on a free this summer, and the club will be led by the returning Jose Mourinho.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

Job openings fell at the start of the summer, and several labor-market reports indicate employment growth stalled in July.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

When Elon Musk’s SpaceX went public this summer, some investors who bought into special-purpose funds touting pre-IPO holdings thought they had scored big.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

After three years of renovation, the Arthur Blair Historic Inn opened to guests this summer.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

It’s in the new wing of the building, which finished construction last summer.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Climate change is expected to bring more severe, frequent and longer-lasting heatwaves in UK summers in the coming years - which could bring more water shortages for farmers.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Monsoon-related disasters are an annual occurrence across India after the region's long summers when many parts of the country face water scarcity and drought.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

It shelves a photograph you paused over, a dish you ate three summers ago, a flavor combination you praised enthusiastically in public and then apparently continued discussing with yourself in private.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2026

“As summers get longer and hotter, as climate changes in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re seeing fires in places they weren’t before,” Sweeney said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 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

Throughout her life, she summered in Maine near Franklin Roosevelt, yet she was among those drawn to “settlement houses.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

The girls who summered on Nantucket and eschewed carbs?

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 4, 2024

Grubauer said he was the only Kraken player who stuck around home base all offseason, with its top-of-the-line facilities, strength coaches and medical staff who aren’t available to him if he summered at home.

From Seattle Times Oct. 8, 2023

Ms. Beary and her friends had been close, having grown up together in south Dublin, and had previously summered in Vancouver, Thailand and Vietnam.

From New York Times Jan. 3, 2022

The partners at the top firms graduated from the same Ivy League schools, attended the same churches, and summered in the same oceanside towns on Long Island.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Later that decade, Avery befriended Rothko and then Gottlieb, and by 1932 all three were summering in Gloucester, spending their mornings sketching or painting the harbor, the wharfs, the sea, the beach and the bathers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 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

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

Sidibe is the voice behind Jenna Clayton, a Black writer summering in Westchester with her wealthy boyfriend and taking notes on a group of local influencers for her next book.

From New York Times Oct. 5, 2021

“The fever has assumed a most alarming appearance,” Rush wrote to his wife, Julia, who was summering in Princeton with their youngest children.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy




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