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vacation

[vey-key-shuhn, vuh-] / veɪˈkeɪ ʃən, və- /


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Cissé didn’t have time to waste and filmed the video on a family vacation in Greece.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

You’ve already spent thousands of dollars for an upcoming cruise vacation.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

But the couple enjoying their beach vacation were excited nonetheless: "We've never seen anything like this."

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

At Mexico’s request, the CIA positioned an unarmed Predator drone over a Tapalpa vacation compound, where it observed a man exit a vehicle and warmly embrace Oseguera’s lover, according to people familiar with the operation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“Sundays, holidays, vacation time,” says the narrator, “we must be ready every day, all the time, to do the right thing if the atomic bomb explodes.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin