public holiday
Britishnoun
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However, authorities have also defended the response times of emergency services on what was a public holiday, saying they arrived within minutes, while families at the hospital claimed it took them hours to turn up.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
France has a public holiday for Bastille Day on Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Iranian delegation was welcomed on arrival by Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi, whose government declared Wednesday a public holiday.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The all-important nonfarm payrolls report will be released Thursday along with weekly jobless claims ahead of Friday’s U.S. public holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Its influences extended to every department of public life; it affected politics, trade, public holiday, art, science; it invaded literature, increased the circulation of the newspapers, and lent inspiration even to poetry.
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
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