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Recent Examples of jaunt
Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Family shopping jaunts that were once leisurely affairs are being scrapped in favor of quick trips during off-hours to grab essentials and go home, suffering business owners say.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
Marshall got free for a 73-yard touchdown jaunt up the right boundary on the Rams’ third play from scrimmage — and CSU was literally and figuratively off to the races from there.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Nearby Pisgah National Forest also has more than 500,000 acres of fly-fishing, biking, and hiking terrain, including a roughly two-mile jaunt to the stunning Catawba Falls.
—Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
Family shopping jaunts that were once leisurely affairs are being scrapped in favor of quick trips during off-hours to grab essentials and go home, suffering business owners say.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Verb
Sneakers are the most convenient form of footwear for the marathon of stairs descending to Parisian metro stations or jaunting between galleries and museums during events like Art Basel Paris.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
Marshall got free for a 73-yard touchdown jaunt up the right boundary on the Rams’ third play from scrimmage — and CSU was literally and figuratively off to the races from there.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunt
Noun
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The hotel plans to organize excursions to nearby wine estates for tastings.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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For excursions to nearby river towns like Lambertville or Stockton, a car is helpful.—
Hannah Howard,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Wearing woolen garments that should have been stashed away weeks ago, many were also sporting trekking poles, binoculars and long-lens cameras.—
Ashley Stimpson,
Washington Post,
11 May 2026
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Hitting the beaches, and biking and trekking 32 miles of coastal and inland trails are the main daytime activities.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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For a certain kind of traveler—the one who plans their Coachella itinerary around gallery hours, or lingers on the architecture walking tour long after the rest of the group has moved on—Palm Springs is less a vacation destination and more a recurring obsession.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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The feature doc charts Liam and Noel Gallagher’s triumphant reunion tour Oasis Live ’25, considered one of the most anticipated rock ‘n’ roll comebacks.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
8 May 2026
Verb
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As anyone familiar with East Tennessee knows, black bears wandering through Gatlinburg neighborhoods, parking lots and hotels is hardly unusual this time of year.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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The best date is just wandering the old town.—
Riza Cruz,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival.—
David Allan,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This particular giant roamed Southeast Asia during the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 100 to 120 million years ago.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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The new enclosure will allow the giraffes to roam inside and outside, eliminating what used to be a long walk from the zoo’s African Savanna to their housing barn.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Here, the feel is of a car-free village where guests and day-tripping locals can mingle over pétanque games, art galleries, and craft workshops, casual and fine dining cuisine, and rejuvenating sessions in the spa’s Iyashi Dôme.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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Slipping in a grocery store or tripping in a hotel lobby is bad enough on its own.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Silversea is lauded for both its classic ocean liners and expedition ships, which voyage the globe including the Poles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some ships even reposition between polar regions or across the Southern Hemisphere—voyages far longer than most standard cruises ever attempt.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunt. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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