Noun : Schoolchildren are on vacation now.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : to vacation in the Caribbean.    From Dictionary.com. 

The San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday that the mayor has called vacationing fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports] Reference

But for some, that might not be enough to overcome the idea of vacationing in a country devastated by disaster.    From Wordnik.com.  [WLNE - News] Reference

Faneuil says he then called the vacationing Bacanovic, who agreed, telling him to confirm it with a Merrill Lynch manager.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2004] Reference

Tom Lipiros, the owner of Margate Travel on Atlantic Avenue, introduced the idea of vacationing in Riviera Maya to Sanchez nine years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press of Atlantic City: Editorials] Reference

Chris Kausner, believing his sister was on the plane, rushed to a hastily established command center after calling his vacationing mother in Florida to break the news.    From Wordnik.com.  [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference

Given Bush's unbelievable record of "vacationing" on the job (now well over a year, I believe), especially in month of August, they have NO basis for a complaint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central Saturday Roundup] Reference

Even vacationing is no simple matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside the Billionaire Service Industry] Reference

Nor does he have any plans of "vacationing" there.    From Wordnik.com.  [United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal] Reference

I've been "vacationing" and totally out of the loop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kir's Corner] Reference

These are maneuvers patrol officers would use if necessary to protect visiting dignitaries such as vacationing Bushes in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kennebec Journal News] Reference

Svebakken was vacationing Tuesday and unreachable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lawsuit Over Illinois Deputy's Alleged Stun Gun Abuse Of Children Settled For $750,000] Reference

People said, well, as he was vacationing we're drowning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cholera Follows Pakistan Floods; Six Million Face Crisis] Reference

Clinton, vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, was outraged.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Did We Get Here?] Reference

Everyone in the office knew they were vacationing together.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cabana] Reference

In March, I even guided two vacationing friends around the island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paradise Lost] Reference

Often, the two groups -- locals and vacationing visitors -- run afoul of each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laura Weiss: Subway Tourism Trauma: Is It Really so Great That Tourism Is Up in New York?] Reference

If you're vacationing in new Hampshire this week, be sure to stop at Lake Winnipesaukee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dole's Dilemma] Reference

A shared history, culture and language are part of the appeal of vacationing close to home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Touring Troubled Lands] Reference

They flew hundreds of people - many of them vacationing there - to safer areas lower down, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Army Begins Relief Effort In Pakistan] Reference

Ian Schrager says he fell in love with the Delano as a boy vacationing with his family in Miami Beach.    From Wordnik.com.  [And Now, Miami Nice] Reference

Since that's not usually practical, here's how to make sure you don't end up vacationing at the airport.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travel: Happy Tarmac Sitting!] Reference

Filling in for the vacationing Mike Gikas, I spent a few hours using the sample we purchased from a retailer.    From Wordnik.com.  [First look: Motorola Droid 2 looks like another winner] Reference

He can't be faulted for shoddily built levees, or a vacationing, clueless White House, or the Force of Nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Orleans Blues] Reference

As luck would have it, I was vacationing in Europe while Porsche was previewing the car to the automotive press.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Porsche to Fit the Whole Family] Reference

Last week NEWSWEEK tracked him down by phone at the dulcet Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles, where he was vacationing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meet The Wizard] Reference

After vacationing in Jamaica, an anonymous American woman logged on to Negril. com, a Web site devoted to the island.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sex On The Beach] Reference

A few days later Rabin telephoned Warren Christopher, the U.S. secretary of state, who was vacationing in California.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peace At Last?] Reference

"I've never been to Japan before, so I am very excited," he told NEWSWEEK via e-mail from the Bahamas, where he was vacationing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Teen On Board] Reference

Panama City is wooing vacationing college kids with an attitude that less inebriated poli-sci majors might recall as laissez faire.    From Wordnik.com.  [To-Ga! To-Ga! To-Ga! To-Ga!] Reference

Gore himself remained silent, mulling over his choice for veep and watching the speech while vacationing beachside in North Carolina.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Al Will Fight Back] Reference

People said that three months was too soon to be vacationing together, but I had a good feeling and I went ahead and booked it anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Terms Plans] Reference

In Ft. Worth, Texas, a vacationing Ohio woman spots Patrolman E.J. Parnell vigorously subduing a suspect by the side of Interstate 30.    From Wordnik.com.  [Video Vigilantes] Reference

I scanned the caption: "My friends and family thought I was insane when I told them I was vacationing with Dave, Pam and their three kids.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters] Reference