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According to news reports, the people who first got sick had been touring Argentina and Chile for months beforehand.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

He said he had been touring the Gulf to pitch “hundreds of investors”—including sovereign-wealth funds—on his plan to accumulate ever more of the digital currency through myriad financial instruments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

The singer and “Smash” and “Scorpion” star, who had been touring Asia with her record-producer husband, did not specify what the tragedy was at the time.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2023

They had been touring their third album Free All Angels when they got the call offering a last-minute support slot for U2 after the Foo Fighters had pulled out.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2023

During Mrs. Considine's residence he had been touring in America.

From Jaffery by Locke, William John