grand tours

noun

plural of grand tour
as in trips

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  1. trips
  2. pilgrimages
  3. travels
  4. tours
  5. expeditions
  6. journeys
  7. treks
  8. flights
Noun
  • As part of the campaign, TAT is running trips that bring filmmakers, producers, influencers and cultural figures into these locations along both a B2B track focused on production logistics and a B2C track aimed at travelers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the ghosts of flower power rose from their graves and cursed the entire Sex Squadron with a thundercloud of paranoia from all the bad acid trips ever to hit Haight-Ashbury.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of trips
Noun
  • Climate change concerns have also been raised regarding pilgrimages in other countries, such as Kumbh Mela in India, which attracts hundreds of millions of Hindu worshippers, as well as the Arbaeen pilgrimage to Karbala in Iraq.
    — Mariam Amini, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Definition of pilgrimages
Noun
  • After making the emergency landing, passengers were rebooked on a different flight and were able to continue their travels to Salt Lake City, Utah.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In animals, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) inside the muscle supplies most of the mechanical energy, while an electrical impulse travels along a motor neuron and triggers a chain of events that causes skeletal muscle fibers to contract.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of travels
Noun
  • Chocolate is not involved, nor is Willy Wonka or tours of his fabled, fictional candy factory.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Spade has told his own story at least 500 times, including during more than 300 walking tours.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of tours
Noun
  • Over the course of several years, logs and woody debris could have accumulated in this area, Gammer explained, forming a sort of raft on which trees can grow — and embark on naval expeditions, apparently.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Sep. 2026
  • British Arctic expeditions used the north coast of Svalbard as a base for research, a tradition of scientific observation that continues across Svalbard today.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of expeditions
Noun
  • When the east Texas oilfield was discovered in the interwar years, gasoline prices fell sharply, incentivizing bigger engines and vehicles, while encouraging longer journeys.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Grieving families were made visible, giving voice and shape to those who were lost, as people held symbolic burial rites or went on their own journeys to look for loved ones.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of journeys
Noun
  • Encore, encore Several artists return for another trip on their current treks after successful initial stops.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Step right off the property onto miles of scenic hiking and mountain biking trails, or ride the complimentary gondola down to historic downtown for instant access to iconic box-canyon treks, cascading waterfalls and world-class fly fishing.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of treks
Noun
  • Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out from the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom's air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Eighty of the rocket's flights this year have been dedicated to building out the Starlink megaconstellation, which currently consists of more than 11,000 active spacecraft.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of flights
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