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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Calgary will look to carry its momentum into a difficult six-game road trip that begins Monday against the league-leading Colorado Avalanche.
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ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points to lead the Kings (19-56), who fell to 0-3 on their current five-game road trip.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Bernardine Dohrn and Zayd Ayers Dohrn, disguised as Rose and Z, on a family road trip.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 21 saves, including a big stop on Kirill Marchenko with just under seven minutes left in the third period, as the Sharks snapped a six-game losing streak and capped their three-game road trip with a 1-1-1 record.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points to lead the Kings (19-56), who fell to 0-3 on their current five-game road trip.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Bernardine Dohrn and Zayd Ayers Dohrn, disguised as Rose and Z, on a family road trip.
—Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Goalie Alex Nedeljkovic finished with 21 saves, including a big stop on Kirill Marchenko with just under seven minutes left in the third period, as the Sharks snapped a six-game losing streak and capped their three-game road trip with a 1-1-1 record.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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