sojourned

past tense of sojourn
as in stayed
to reside as a temporary guest began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country

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Recent Examples of sojourned The young woman who sojourned to Oberlin College, where she was wrongfully accused of poisoning her classmates and beaten half to death, who raised her hands in defense of herself, then went on to grip clay and rock and chisel to re-create visions of justice. — Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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  • For scientists, the harder question has been how oxygen stayed abundant for millions of years afterward — long enough, as ancient rocks suggest, to set the stage for the emergence of increasingly complex life.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The couple stayed married for 65 years, until Estelle’s death in 2008.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2026
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  • Merz and Zelenskyy visited a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in central Kyiv that was damaged in a Russian attack that killed two people on Monday, as air raid sirens sounded across the capital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But the specialness of the event wasn’t confined only to the Sphere, as fans visited Metallica’s many experiences.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026

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“Sojourned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sojourned. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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