road trip
noun
1
: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2
: an extended trip in a motor vehicle
Examples of road trip in a Sentence
The team won three of five games on its road trip.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ferrell’s comments come days before Netflix’s release of Will & Harper, the documentary that follows a road trip with Ferrell and best friend Harper Steele, a former head writer for Saturday Night Live who came out as transgender.
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Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024
Though there aren’t any hard-and-fast rules for planning a road trip — that’s the beauty of this type of travel — there are a few best practices to keep in mind when heading to the mountains of North Carolina.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2024
Will & Harper, the documentary chronicling a road trip shared by Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele, closes with a folksy tune that Wiig, 51, co-wrote with musician Sean Douglas.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
Oosthuizen, who is from South Africa, now has offers to crash with people scattered across the U.S. Hunnicutt and her husband plan to stop at new friends’ homes during their road trip from Florida to Las Vegas.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
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Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024
Though there aren’t any hard-and-fast rules for planning a road trip — that’s the beauty of this type of travel — there are a few best practices to keep in mind when heading to the mountains of North Carolina.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2024
Will & Harper, the documentary chronicling a road trip shared by Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele, closes with a folksy tune that Wiig, 51, co-wrote with musician Sean Douglas.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
Oosthuizen, who is from South Africa, now has offers to crash with people scattered across the U.S. Hunnicutt and her husband plan to stop at new friends’ homes during their road trip from Florida to Las Vegas.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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