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Recent Examples of jaunt
Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The night started with a statement drive by Los Angeles, which scored on a seven-play, 70-yard jaunt on the game’s first possession.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
And the rest of their whirlwind jaunt together through Pyongyang was equally as romantic: inspecting troops, petting and feeding white horses, lavishing each other with gifts.
—Syl Sobel, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
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Noun
An eclectic cast, ranging from dancers in their 20s to their 50s, gels for a bouncy jaunt (pro forma in Estanich’s works), with each dancer having generous time and vocabulary for him or herself.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
The night started with a statement drive by Los Angeles, which scored on a seven-play, 70-yard jaunt on the game’s first possession.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
But for a sip of the old optimism, consider wrapping your Green Line jaunt with a detour to The Cove (Christian name: the Cove Lounge), one of the Near South Side’s best dive bars and one of the most quintessentially Chicago nights out anywhere.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
And the rest of their whirlwind jaunt together through Pyongyang was equally as romantic: inspecting troops, petting and feeding white horses, lavishing each other with gifts.
—Syl Sobel, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunt
Noun
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And skipping the excursions ended up having plenty of advantages.—
Kerry Spencer,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2025
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There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This last part included steep sandy segments where trekking poles were essential.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Since then, Aria has been trekking on the long road to recovery and making friends along the way.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Nominated for a prestigious Helen Hayes Award, Finn received rave reviews and audience popularity during its month-long run, leading to the center’s decision for a tour.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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While Kendrick Lamar was calling him out during his Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show earlier this month, Drake was busy headlining an Australian tour and gearing up to release $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, his collaborative album with PartyNextDoor that’s since hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Thirty years earlier, in 1995, on the weekend before Quebec’s second referendum on independence, my family and I went to Montreal to wander the city, to try to sense what Quebeckers were feeling, but mostly just to be there.—
Ken Dryden,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Keep an eye out for chachalaca, green jays, Altamira orioles, and the occasional rare avian visitor that wanders in from faraway.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And hundreds were killed outside Mecca in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in 2015.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca has been held amid extreme weather conditions which saw temperatures consistently soar above average figures.—
Xiaofei Xu and Masrur Jamaluddin,
CNN,
23 June 2024
Verb
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The legacy of the British Q-ships During World War I, more than 200 Q-ships—and perhaps as many as 400—roamed the seas.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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As nocturnal creatures, this provides them with a comfortable space to freely roam about.—
Sarah Han,
Allure,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Lamine Yamal caught up with him, bumped into him and tripped the centre back to the ground.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Colorado dropped 13 games in a row to open the conference season before tripping UCF.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Star Princess will debut its inaugural cruise season in the Mediterranean, move to the Caribbean and then Alaska voyages in the spring of 2026.—
Kanika Talwar,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
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Just as the ancient Egyptians moved southward to expand their empires and Polynesians voyaged into uncharted waters, today’s leaders must navigate uncertainty and complexity.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunt. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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