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Recent Examples of jaunt
Noun
The Holiday 100 makes its annual jolly jaunt back to Billboard’s charts menu. Gary Trust, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2024 Abrams in a white gown hugged Swift tightly and then bowed before jaunting down the catwalk to her exit point in the middle of the diamond. Bryan West, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
Verb
That’s coupled with a keen sense of musicianship and fellowship, often witnessed in late-night campground jams or daytime jaunts on inflatable tubes along the North Saint Vrain Creek bordering the venue. Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025 While there, set out for a jaunt on Costa Rica’s hanging bridges, another way to access and experience the upper layers of its forests. AFAR Media, 8 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for jaunt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunt
Noun
  • That three-day excursion would have set us back about $6,000 CAD.
    Lindsay A. Fleming, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Guests also enjoy access to a beachfront restaurant, wellness services, yoga classes, and yachting excursions.
    Geoff Whitmore, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Walkers can trek halfway and return to Mackinaw City or St. Ignace or walk the entire bridge length, which runs about 5 miles, the Mackinac Bridge Authority says.
    Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • After all, these devoted attendees know better than anyone that the singer-songwriter has trekked through New York clubs for the past four years, growing her audience with each performance.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • A lot of those people hadn’t seen each other since that tour in 1970.
    Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Neko Case has announced a 2026 tour of North America.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There are also shots of Slurp wandering through a Christmas carnival, Tyler hiding in what appears to be a sewer before emerging back into civilization in a cloak, and Enid nervously wielding a sword.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Kids and adults can take part in homesteading classes, check out a show in the 30-foot planetarium dome, participate in seasonal programming, or simply wander around the properties’ six historic buildings, including a drugstore, school, church, and cabin.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Calling Paris romantic is an understatement—the city has inspired poets and artists, who still pilgrimage here today in search of inspiration that can be found in nearly every turn, in every arrondissement.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
  • Reynolds is hoping the selection of Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost as the first American pope — Pope Leo XIV — might boost the city as a travel and pilgrimage destination.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • Four other systems roamed the Atlantic basin before Erin – Andrea, Barry, Chantal and Dexter – but none were stronger than a tropical storm.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The saiga antelope roams the Eurasian steppe of Central Asia.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Kids weren’t tripping over themselves to sit and reach in their free time.
    Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The report, which was obtained by The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network, said police concluded that Trigg accidentally fell into the pool after tripping and falling on an inflatable chair.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Join Uniworld’s 12-night India’s Golden Triangle & The Sacred Ganges voyage from New Delhi to Kolkata, from $5,879 per person including all meals, unlimited beverages (including fine wines & spirits), daily excursions, airport transfers, and WiFi.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
  • Odysseus, voyaging on his way home from Troy and leaving the smoking ruins of the city in his wake, hears a bard singing the tale of Troy’s fall.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025

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