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Recent Examples of jaunt
Noun
But the short jaunt, which also stopped in San Francisco and Los Angeles, was freighted with extra importance — less of a tour, more of a mission of renewal. Elias Leight, Billboard, 9 Oct. 2024 Blue Origin Blue Origin for years has been flying tourists and research to the edge of space on short jaunts, including Bezos himself. Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
Verb
This leads the author on a quest to understand the ways that different cultures have created social hierarchies, which then prompts DuVernay to jaunt across history with sweep and surprising dexterity. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2024 The scenes of them jaunting around their neighborhood are elating. Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for jaunt 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunt
Noun
  • The ship usually delivers tickets for the excursion to your stateroom.
    Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • For example, in the European itinerary, the shore excursion that includes hiking up Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii often sells out.
    Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Then, the duo sailed for ten days up the Alaskan Panhandle, before trekking 20 more miles to reach the peak.
    Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
  • My family trekked across the entire United States to get here.
    Claire Carusillo, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The city is expecting 500,000 tourists for the pop star’s six-night, two-weekend stand of her Eras tour.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Elsewhere, Yotam Ottolenghi is midway through a world tour, and Rick Stein's UK theatre tour will be kicking off in March.
    Irenie Forshaw, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Children on the autism spectrum tend to wander, or elope, from home and other safe places at a higher rate than their peers, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Some bucks might wander 5 to 8 miles or more, while others move 2 miles or less.
    Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • The team suggests these were linked with ceremonial pathways and pilgrimage routes.
    ByRodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Indiana hasn’t played in the Rose Bowl since its futile attempt to stop USC running back O.J. Simpson on Jan. 1, 1968, making the team’s return this week to face UCLA something of a now-or-never pilgrimage for those who played in that game.
    Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Most of the dogs love roaming around by themselves, but there's no doubt which breed likes to be around the staff at all times.
    Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The story unfolds in a single spot from a single camera position, from dinosaurs roaming the ground where a home is later constructed and where families spend decades of their lives.
    Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Of the almost 600,000 electric scooter trips the city logged between May and September, Lime accounted for about 89% and Spin, its competitor, made up the remaining.
    Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Consider light-colored clothing or reflective tape for costumes, and adjust costume length to avoid tripping.
    Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Attendees learned some pointers to help them in that particularly pesky endeavor, while Zoeller regaled them with tales of his whiskey voyages across the seven seas.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Around the same time, voyaging societies launched in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
    Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024

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