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• n  leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
  we get two weeks of vacation every summer
• n  the act of making something legally void
• v  spend or take a vacation

• Hurricane Katrina hit two years ago today, while I was on vacation, and for that reason it was one of the weirdest vacations I've ever had.
• But lengthy vacations are generally the norm throughout Europe for labor and management alike.
• That came from an employer called HomeAway, an online vacation rental company.

• holiday

News & Articles

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• Vacation Bible School begins Monday
  LAUGHLIN — Laughlin Community Church will be offering Vacation Bible School Monday-Friday, June 17-21, from 4-7 p.m. for children 5-12 years of age. Parents can pre-register children at the church office.
  June 12, 2013 - The Laughlin Times
• Vacation Bible school available
  Trinity United Methodist Church is offering a vacation Bible school, "Kingdom Rock:Where Kids Stand Strong for God" from 9-11:30 a.m. on June 17-21. The church is located at Fifth and Oak streets in Colusa. To register or for more information, call...
  June 12, 2013 - Colusa County Sun-Herald
• Vacation Horror Stories: Stranded, Splinters and Smells
  As part of our summer series, "Vacation Horror Stories," listener Erin Burke says her family is cursed with constant bad luck on its vacations: Rain on beach excursions, splinters in feet, locked vacation homes, and hotel rooms ripe with the smell of dead cats.
  June 11, 2013 - NPR

Quotes

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• Lindsay Lohan in Boston Globe
  I did do everything I was told to do and did the best I could to balance jobs and showing up,Lohan told the judge. "It wasn't vacation, it wasn't some sort of a joke."
• Fidel Castro in USA Today
  The night before, I slept better than ever,Castro says in the column. "My conscience was clear and I promised myself a vacation."
• Dana Perino in Detroit Free Press
  If the Senate leaves without Sen. Reid even allowing a vote on this amendment, then the Congress will bear responsibility for anything that happens in the next couple of months during their long vacation,Perino said.