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Recent Examples of jaunt
Noun
The turn in sentiment is stark for the travel industry, which has enjoyed strong demand, particularly for international destinations, since the end of the pandemic, as consumers prioritized experiences like weekslong trips through Japan and jaunts to Portugal over buying goods. Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025 Jonas Brothers have detailed their upcoming 20th anniversary Living the Dream tour, a stretch of 10 stadium shows followed by an extensive arena jaunt. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 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
  • Kawa Voyage offers comprehensive excursions to paddle and swim through the glowing waters.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
  • The flight was his eighth tour excursion of the day on the same helicopter.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • Starting in July, millions of animals cross the Mara River in search of new grazing ground, trekking from the southern Serengeti to the grasslands of the Maasai Mara.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
  • Social media posts also indicated the two trekked out to the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival together.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • In fact, on Wednesday night (May 7) during Metallica’s first-ever appearance at Lane Stadium on their M72 world tour, Hokie fans got so hyped that the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory said the jumping up and down set off the Richter scale.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 May 2025
  • His mini-rehabilitation tour in the media is, in accustomed Biden fashion, doing more to undermine his case for himself than buttress it.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Without the puck, Nurse and Bouchard have the same weakness (read and react, wandering).
    Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • Instead, Shuai wanders about pouring other people’s drinks.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 2 May 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
  • Animals roam freely without the need for paved paths.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
  • Phillip left that night with a wad of cash, and, still under the influence, began roaming the city.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • When Cody trips and falls in the grass, his friends band together to comfort him and get him a bandage for his boo-boo.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 May 2025
  • That goal came seven seconds after the Kings killed off a tripping penalty to Drew Doughty.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Recession Fears Causing Travel Upsets For travelers planning to voyage internationally to the U.S., the biggest fear is the cost of living in the country, a fear shared by U.S. consumers, too.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • To be clear, this theory is incorrect, and those six women really did voyage into space in a Blue Origin rocket, but where did this story come from?
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunt. Accessed 20 May. 2025.

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