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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Colorado now heads on a six-game road trip to Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Following a winless six-game East Coast road trip, the Giants are planning to call up top prospect Bryce Eldridge Jesus Rodriguez from Triple-A Sacramento, league sources confirmed to this news organization.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Stammen took into account the three-city, two-country road trip that led into this six-game homestand.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
The reeling San Francisco Giants, sitting in last place in the NL West and coming off a winless road trip to Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, are poised to shake up the league’s least productive lineup.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 May 2026
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
Following a winless six-game East Coast road trip, the Giants are planning to call up top prospect Bryce Eldridge Jesus Rodriguez from Triple-A Sacramento, league sources confirmed to this news organization.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Stammen took into account the three-city, two-country road trip that led into this six-game homestand.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
The reeling San Francisco Giants, sitting in last place in the NL West and coming off a winless road trip to Philadelphia and Tampa Bay, are poised to shake up the league’s least productive lineup.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 May 2026
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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