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 six jurors in George Pino’s vessel-homicide and manslaughter trial took a road trip to North Miami on Thursday morning to view his boat, which was wrecked in the crash that killed a teenage girl and severely injured two others.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Other landmark credits include ensemble buddy, road trip, coming-of-age film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), directed by Zoya Akhtar, and family melodrama Kabhi Khushi Khabhie Gham (2001), directed by Karan Johar.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 June 2026
When protests close a major route, what would normally be a straightforward road trip could become significantly delayed—or require rerouting altogether.
—Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
Bogaerts is expected back for the start of the upcoming road trip Friday in Baltimore.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
Other landmark credits include ensemble buddy, road trip, coming-of-age film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), directed by Zoya Akhtar, and family melodrama Kabhi Khushi Khabhie Gham (2001), directed by Karan Johar.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 10 June 2026
When protests close a major route, what would normally be a straightforward road trip could become significantly delayed—or require rerouting altogether.
—Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026
Bogaerts is expected back for the start of the upcoming road trip Friday in Baltimore.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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