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The dog days of summer might be over but embrace pumpkin spice latte season.
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Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2024
The real showstopper, however, is the roof terrace, which comes complete with a pool to cool off in the dog days of summer, and offers views that stretch all the way to St. Peter’s—expect Rome’s next-gen cool crowd to gravitate here once the warmer days of spring roll around in 2024.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
After the dog days of summer, the holiday offers a three-day weekend before students and workers generally resume their five-day weekly schedules.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Aug. 2024
Sign Up For most, The Basketball Tournament is an annual summer sideshow, a bunch of college alumni teams competing for a $1 million prize while creating television inventory in the dog days of the sports calendar.
—Kyle Tucker, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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Barbara Haddock Taylor, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2024
The real showstopper, however, is the roof terrace, which comes complete with a pool to cool off in the dog days of summer, and offers views that stretch all the way to St. Peter’s—expect Rome’s next-gen cool crowd to gravitate here once the warmer days of spring roll around in 2024.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
After the dog days of summer, the holiday offers a three-day weekend before students and workers generally resume their five-day weekly schedules.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Aug. 2024
Sign Up For most, The Basketball Tournament is an annual summer sideshow, a bunch of college alumni teams competing for a $1 million prize while creating television inventory in the dog days of the sports calendar.
—Kyle Tucker, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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