road-trip

verb

Definition of road-tripnext
as in to migrate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for road-trip
  1. migrate
  2. jaunt
  3. bus
  4. wander
  5. roam
  6. pilgrimage
  7. motor
  8. hop
Verb
  • In winter, humpback and blue whales are migrating past the coast which puts them at danger of entanglement in commercial crab fishing gear.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • As more viewers move to streaming services and away from traditional satellite and cable subscriptions, ad dollars are seen migrating to digital venues and away from linear TV.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of migrate
Verb
  • Winter is coming, and that means curtailing my cruising, but the joys of jaunting around on this sweet ride should keep me warm even as the weather grows cold.
    WIRED, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of jaunt
Verb
  • Currently, students can be bused across the city to get certain programming — but there are routes with no more than three students on a bus.
    Asher Price, Axios, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Students who were being bused to the building Thuesday were rerouted to Wilder Elementary School, where parents had options for pick-up.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of bus
Verb
  • Fickell could be forgiven for allowing his mind to wander.
    Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Imagine sweating it out in a sauna after a day of adventure, then stepping into the dome to stretch, breathe, or simply let your mind wander.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of wander
Verb
  • Understanding black bears Black bears roam across much of North America.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • This shadowy faction has been roaming the galaxy and mass-converting citizens, but their intent is unknown — something for players to discover over the coming weeks and months.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of roam
Verb
  • Under the staunchly secular Soviets, pilgrimage sites such as Manzhyly-Ata were fenced off to prevent spiritual visitors; officials even bulldozed trees or graves, Choitonbaev noted.
    Diana Kruzman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The team suggests these were linked with ceremonial pathways and pilgrimage routes.
    ByRodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of pilgrimage
Verb
  • The excavator motored toward a growing pile—the wall-to-be, which followed a plan laid out in software—and an algorithm predicted how the new stone would settle onto the others.
    James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Vonk’s lawsuit accused the Neptune Society of Northern California of negligence, for the Naiad allegedly motoring at an unsafe speed and failing to keep clear of the breakwater, while no proper lookout was maintained.
    Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of motor
Verb
  • The shooter, who was wearing a mask, fled the scene on foot and later hopped on a bicycle into Central Park.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The suspect then fled on foot to a back alley and then hopped on a bicycle in the direction of Central Park.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of hop
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