sojourned

past tense of sojourn
as in stayed
to reside as a temporary guest began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country

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Recent Examples of sojourned The young woman who sojourned to Oberlin College, where she was wrongfully accused of poisoning her classmates and beaten half to death, who raised her hands in defense of herself, then went on to grip clay and rock and chisel to re-create visions of justice. — Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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  • Instead of insisting on playing through pressure, defenders cleared the ball when necessary, stayed compact and protected a narrow lead.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In places where the lines stayed unchanged, like Indiana and Pennsylvania and New Jersey and New York, GOP incumbents lost.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2026
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  • Ferrando has visited Sacramento each year for the last decade.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • But with the desert in bloom, 15,000 tourists have visited over the last few weeks alone.
    — John Bartlett, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Sojourned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourned. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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