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The trafficker spent the next eight years in high-security jails in Mexico, though his sojourn behind bars was reputedly softened by access to luxuries including good food and girlfriends.
If it's frustrating for him to see Michael Bradley's Toronto experience consolidating rather than threatening his USA place, or indeed Julio Cesar's position as number one keeper for the presumptive World Cup favorites being equally unaffected by his MLS sojourn , Defoe will have plenty to occupy him in the coming weeks to help his side compensate for the absence of those two.
Updated at 11.08am BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 11.01am BST11 01 Preamble Hello and welcome to the second stage of this year's Tour de France – this 201km pelt from York to Sheffield marks the end of the Tour's sojourn in Yorkshire, and by and large, it's been a roaring success.
Seneca was originally from Spain but he spent much of his life in Rome, except for a long convalescent sojourn in Egypt, and some years in exile on Corsica in the wake of a sex scandal.
Thus we said goodbye to Jojen Reed, who hasn't really looked well since the brief sojourn at Craster's Keep.
His novels often reach beyond the limits of the historical record: to the advent of the bronze age in The Gift of Stones, to Christ's sojourn in the Judean desert in Quarantine, to the new dark age of a future America in The Pesthouse.
Of course, they may have been destined for higher things regardless of their sojourn in academia, but most who took our survey believe that their EMBAs played a part in their rise.
But another question is why, if he had been involved in Corfu conversations that were at best embarrassing and at worst career-ending, Mr Osborne drew attention to his sojourn there.
He belongs to those who are persecuted, to the "awkward squad", to Black history, to many nations and regions, to those who sojourn and travel, to those who look for something more enduring than celebrity culture.
As though that wasn't tricky enough, a rather unusual piece of advice was sounding in Mr Kerry's ears as he began his Pakistani sojourn.
Most of them considered their sojourn in Germany to be only temporary; they were "sitting on packed suitcases", as they put it, and travelled to Israel at regular intervals.Defensiveness made German Jews try hard sometimes too hard to be better friends of Israel than any other diaspora Jews.
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The primary grammatical function of "sojourn " is as both a noun and an intransitive verb . As a noun, it refers to a temporary stay. As a verb, it describes the act of staying somewhere temporarily. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in various contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
