as in farewell
an expression of good wishes at parting
after a final ave, we turned our backs on the Tuscan village that had been our home for a year
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Along with his appearance in Australia for Crown Jewel, those may have been some of the first significant stops outside of the United States for WWE's AJ Styles farewell tour.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025 -
Fans held out hope that Frehley and Peter Criss would pop up at the event and give the world the proper goodbye they were denied on the second farewell tour.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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This Mother’s Day, an exceptional bon voyage looks like a chic travel tote.—
Paula Conway,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The bon voyage to the month that says goodbye to summer wasn’t all that much cooler.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
1 Oct. 2024
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Also saying good-bye is Arizona, who decides to go to NYC to be with Sofia and newly single Callie.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Say good-bye to all that and head down to the Dordogne, the rightfully beloved region of France that keeps a decidedly low profile.—
David Coggins,
Air Mail,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Ave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ave. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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