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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Part of it was the schedule, as the Wild had a couple of off days following the road trip and wanted to get Jesper Wallstedt a few skates before his next game.
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Joe Smith, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
The answers revealed a relationship that survived long-distance separation through a spontaneous road trip.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
After Burrow finished her master’s program, the couple embarked on a four-month road trip around the country.
—Andrew Abrahams, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
But while a metalhead from the Midwest or Northern Norway might load a bunch a friends into a beat-up van and road trip to the nearest big city, that wasn’t really an option for Lockman.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
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Joe Smith, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
The answers revealed a relationship that survived long-distance separation through a spontaneous road trip.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
After Burrow finished her master’s program, the couple embarked on a four-month road trip around the country.
—Andrew Abrahams, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
But while a metalhead from the Midwest or Northern Norway might load a bunch a friends into a beat-up van and road trip to the nearest big city, that wasn’t really an option for Lockman.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for road trip
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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