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.
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The Sharks’ next game is Feb. 23 against the Calgary Flames, the opener of a seven-game road trip that lasts until March 6, the day before the NHL trade deadline.
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Up next The Kings will entertain the Pelicans on Saturday before setting out on a three-game road trip.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
The Blue Jackets, just back from a four-game, four-time-zone road trip, could not get going for most of two periods.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Following the Watts Rebellion of 1965, the LA art scene crackled with political energy, and in 1967, Davis and his brother returned from a transformative road trip and inaugurated Brockman Gallery in the city’s Leinert Park neighborhood.
—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2025
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Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Up next The Kings will entertain the Pelicans on Saturday before setting out on a three-game road trip.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2025
The Blue Jackets, just back from a four-game, four-time-zone road trip, could not get going for most of two periods.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Following the Watts Rebellion of 1965, the LA art scene crackled with political energy, and in 1967, Davis and his brother returned from a transformative road trip and inaugurated Brockman Gallery in the city’s Leinert Park neighborhood.
—News Desk, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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