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  • Furthermore, Whitehaven's privacy is enforced by stringent national park rules which prohibit over-nighting on the island, and only allow for day trips from nearby Airlie Beach and some island resorts.

    Yvonne Yorke: The Great Barrier Reef: From Above and Below 2010

  • The leaves say nighting that isn't clear in the leaves.

    Enrique Lihn greenintegerblog 2008

  • Dogs are a problem over-nighting on the road in Mexico.

    Coolest Route to San Miguel? 2006

  • The Mabit, or nighting at Muzdalifah: for this a short portion, generally in the latter watch, preceding the Yaum al-Nahr, or victim-day, suffices.

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • “Bayt” radically means a “nighting-place”; thence a tent, a house, a lair, &c., &c.

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • A denser row of trees lower down the Wady Hujayl led to the water of Amdán (Mídán?), about an hour and a half from our last nighting-place; yesterday it had been reported six hours distant.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • The nighting-place on the Dámah was as pretty and picturesque as the Majrá was tame and uncouth.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • "What favor do you offer for the privilege of nighting at my glorious palace?"

    Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982

  • "What favor do you offer for the privilege of nighting at my glorious palace?"

    Juxtaposition Anthony, Piers 1982

  • "I don't dig joining some big band, one-nighting all over just to say I played with Count or Duke or somebody."

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 1964

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