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It so happened that on that same evening the Governors of four states were sojourning in the city of Wall Street and Broadway, and by preference chose to spend their time and money on Broadway.

From Time Magazine Archive

All the members of this church militant could read fluently out of their own books, which is more than the Copts could do in whose monastery they were sojourning.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

While he and Lady Tilley were sojourning at Cowes a message was sent summoning them to Osborne House, where they were received by Her Majesty in the beautiful grounds that surround that palace.

From Wilmot and Tilley by Hannay, James

While he was preparing her medicines Judge M. and family from New York, who were sojourning at Manchester, called; but learning of her illness, soon left.

From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.

“All the morning I have been trying to recapture a certain ‘Ode to a Cow’ written by a man of action in a country hotel where mother and I were sojourning last summer.

From Ladies-In-Waiting by Curtiss, Christine Tucke