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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin - a journalist who has contributed to the BBC, New York Times and Al Jazeera - had been visiting his family in Kuwait when he was last seen on 2 March.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

I had no idea a nurse had been visiting over the past six months.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Although American families had been visiting small local circuses throughout the 19th century, the circuses of the 1880s and 1890s were bigger than ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

She died Tuesday night at a Los Angeles hospital where friends had been visiting to spend a little last time together.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Europeans had been visiting New England for at least a century.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann