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She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina when she began experiencing symptoms on Monday.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

He had been vacationing on the Caribbean island with singer Rihanna, who recently gave birth to their first child.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2022

Trump Jr., who had been vacationing at Mar-a-Lago all week with his children, was on a boat fishing when the Mueller news broke Friday.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2019

Mr. Levashov was arrested in Barcelona, where he had been vacationing with his family, according to a report on RT, a state-owned Russian television network.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2017

Many of them were travelers who had been vacationing in the château country, visiting the cathedrals of Normandy, or enjoying the picturesque country of Brittany.

From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher