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jaunt

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Recent Examples of jaunt
Noun
Continuing the celebration, Peluso set out on a European jaunt and her first tour dates across the United States. Thania Garcia, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025 However, the band broke up soon after their three-week jaunt with The Beatles. Peter White, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
Verb
Bruce Almighty jaunts through the travails of an ordinary person gifted the abilities of God, but there’s a cosmic horror to the prospect of a man accruing that kind of power. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024 But for a sip of the old optimism, consider wrapping your Green Line jaunt with a detour to The Cove (Christian name: the Cove Lounge), one of the Near South Side’s best dive bars and one of the most quintessentially Chicago nights out anywhere. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for jaunt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunt
Noun
  • Their work has included three spacewalks — including a record-breaking excursion outside of the space station, and conducting a sweeping range of experiments.
    Andrew Jones, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • She was later spotted holding hands with Charlie Gooch during a Valentine's Day excursion in London the following year.
    Jen Juneau, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • More severe thunderstorm warnings could be issued throughout the day as the storm treks eastward.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • To trek all 100 miles of the Nakasendo through Nagano, plan to hit the trail for five to seven days.
    Haley Harrison, AFAR Media, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Whether you’re headed to a nice meal or taking a wine tour, sport this tiered dress with a twirl-worthy skirt in the eye-catching color.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Then Groff comes up an elevator trap door, like a 2000s pop star entering a stadium tour.
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • After a 3-month long girls trip along Florida’s Gulf Coast, a wayward pair of endangered North Atlantic right whales known as Curlew and Koala have finally wandered back to the Atlantic Ocean.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Alberta is skeptical… until Hetty points out how Pete has been wandering and dating up a storm, was secretly in the mafia and punched Thor in the face after the Viking slept with Carol.
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In fact, her pilgrimage back to Mexico after completing her studies wasn’t merely a homecoming, but a calling to immerse herself in indigenous communities.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • People pilgrimage here to sample the best of traditional rural Portuguese cuisine in a delightful countryside setting.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The other two dogs, who were able to roam the property, were found alive and taken into care.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The dogs were reported by passersby who alerted the KC Pet Project that dogs appeared to be dumped and roaming the area.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Declan Rice tripped him from behind to earn a yellow card.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • For the listener, the journey is both thrilling and desultory, like hanging out sober while your friend trips on mushrooms.
    Carrie Brownstein, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For some context, that Titan submersible voyaging to the wreckage imploded at a depth of more than 10,000 feet.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Wilmore and Williams voyaged home in a spacecraft manufactured by Boeing's competitor, SpaceX. The White House credited Donald Trump for the astronauts' return.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunt. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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