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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 Winter is coming, and that means curtailing my cruising, but the joys of jaunting around on this sweet ride should keep me warm even as the weather grows cold. WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
That's fine for punting around town and the occasional weekend jaunt beyond city limits. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025 Pettit’s latest space mission, a 220-day jaunt, concluded on his 70th birthday on April 20, when the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that carried him and his two crewmates touched down in the steppe of Kazakhstan. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jaunt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunt
Noun
  • There aren’t many tours available, so an excursion to the castle is most likely going to be an independent adventure.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But traveling by cruise meant that breakfast was easy to come by each day (especially when the excursions had an early meeting time), and the buffet on the ship plus a pizza spot helped with any midday snacking needs.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There is trash and pollutants from the tourists and gravel has been mined from the area to make trekking routes for people, disturbing the places where females may have laid their eggs, researchers said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Black Diamond Pursuit Carbon Z Trekking Poles Over rocks and steep gravel and through the edelweiss, these trekking poles were there for me.
    Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One of our customers, a tour bus operator known for exceptional customer service, faced a similar crossroads – how to grow without sacrificing the personal touch that they were known for.
    Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The tour started in March, and the concert here was the third-to-last of 39 dates.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The latest offering – the Nomads – is designed for folks who like to wander, and can be had with three batteries.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Others let their curiosity get the best of them and wander out into the world through a new hole in the fence.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Travel to the country once limited essentially to pilgrimage and business travel, opened with a tourist e-visa in 2019 and has since become an engine of jobs and investment.
    Ali Shihabi, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Next year will mark the culmination of its Jubilee Year celebrations, and through January, the city will continue to host pilgrimage events, public art installations, and expanded museum programming.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Some locals believe founder Charles Pfister still roams the property, according to reports, and even celebrities like rapper Megan Thee Stallion have gone ghost hunting there.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • To the south is the entrance to Custer State Park, where bison roam freely.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nicholas trips over a bramble, falls to his hands and knees in the soaking grass.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Marchand had a shot on goal five seconds into the game, drew a tripping penalty 33 seconds into the game and tallied the primary assist on Mackie Samoskevich’s goal on the ensuing power play.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Based on Swift's blunt response, don't expect the Grammy-winning musician to follow in the footsteps any time soon of other celebrities like Katy Perry and William Shatner who have voyaged beyond Earth's atmosphere.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And with her last-day outfit ready to go, she gets set to voyage home feeling centered, not chaotic.
    Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunt. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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