rusticating
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On this Maine island, vacation is for rusticating.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021
A quiet, brooding sense of menace settles in right at the beginning, which finds Mr. Clooney, his silver hair complemented by a snowy beard, rusticating in the snowy Swedish countryside.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2010
In 1940, Prince Abdul Illah quashed one would-be Army coup by seizing the Iraqi telephone service and rusticating two uppity generals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old Jack Paar, supposedly rusticating there, is host-narrator.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was returning from leave, and spent most of his time rusticating around the "Old Willard".
From On the Trail of Deserters A Phenomenal Capture by Carter, Captain Robert Goldthwaite
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