pay a visit
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On the way back, the King will pay a visit to Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
We’re told we must pay a visit to The Old Man, a Hemingway-themed bar a few blocks away.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2025
Farcical havoc ensues when Jean-Michel requests Georges and Albin play it straight when his future in-laws pay a visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024
Would Mr. Lammy pay a visit to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s Palm Beach estate, as David Cameron, Britain’s current foreign secretary, did two weeks ago to lobby the former president on military aid to Ukraine?
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
It was a few days after the beginning of vacation that April decided to go down and pay a visit to the Professor, or Dr. Huddleston, as people were beginning to call him.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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