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Recent Examples of legal holidayTen states recognize Columbus Day as an unpaid public holiday, legal holiday or day of recognition, according to Pew Research Center, and these include Washington, Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina, Michigan and New Hampshire.—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 Congress quickly passed an act making Labor Day a legal holiday in the District of Columbia and the territories.—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025 Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025 Tax Day is the next business day if April 15 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for legal holiday
His resulting 30-minute documentary, The Wounded Heads, followed a group of Shi’a Muslims from Azerbaijan who would wound themselves while mourning the religious figure Imam Hossein on the holy day of Ashura.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
It is believed that a person who dies on this holy day is viewed as a tzaddik, a person of exceptional righteousness.
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