sojourning

present participle of sojourn
as in staying
to reside as a temporary guest began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country

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  • Eating kiwi before bed is the latest hack that people swear by for falling asleep faster and staying asleep longer.
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  • Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia talk about how staying messy and honest is the only path forward.
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  • Pace put different people through the paces of different things on different equipment and surfaces, ranging from some beginner movements to some rather acrobatic moves by a woman visiting from South Korea that looked a lot like gymnastics.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Sojourning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourning. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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