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Recent Examples of jaunt
Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
The only defeats the Raiders have this year were at the prestigious Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas just before Christmas, the second out-of-state trip the team took in December following a weekend jaunt to Arizona for a couple of games earlier in the month.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
His new solo record is his first in 19 years and this tour is his first solo US jaunt in nearly three decades.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Once-common jaunts across the border to shop are out of the picture.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
The only defeats the Raiders have this year were at the prestigious Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas just before Christmas, the second out-of-state trip the team took in December following a weekend jaunt to Arizona for a couple of games earlier in the month.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
So five months ago, Stapleton bought a prone paddle and started training, first with smaller treks along the pier, then longer jaunts along the coastline, clocking more than 452 miles of training in recent months.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
His new solo record is his first in 19 years and this tour is his first solo US jaunt in nearly three decades.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunt
Noun
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There is a weekly schedule of group activities to pick from such as the morning mantra chanting, group yoga sessions, Vedanta talks, excursions to the village, treks to local peaks, nature and forest walks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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The Metallica frontman popped the question to girlfriend Adriana Gillett on Friday (March 13) during a scuba diving excursion.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Guests can trek with the chef into neighboring farmland to forage alongside the Hmong hill tribe for wild herbs such as mint, butterfly pea flowers, mushrooms, and acacia leaves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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But Bhatta had stored his ice ax — the crucial tool needed to arrest a slide — out of reach in his pack, opting instead for trekking poles.—
Gregory Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Children can be seen monkeying around the billiards table, and the surrounding area offers plenty of activities to suit the whole gang—from hiking and boat tours to hair-raising seaplane adventures.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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Emanuel Sharp made all three of his 3s to christen his revenge tour.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His resume also includes finding a patient with dementia who wandered away from a care facility and tracking down a bank robbery suspect.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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In New York City alone, perfume lovers can wander into beloved destinations like Scent Bar or Aedes Perfumery to explore shelves of hard-to-find bottles.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 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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Or for the suggestion that Chinese intelligence operatives were roaming near sensitive sites with impunity.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Elephants, hippos, buffalo, giraffes, gazelles, zebras, impalas and warthogs — all roaming free just a stone’s throw from our dusty 4×4 in Kenya’s Tsavo East National Park.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Less than a minute into the game, Wild defenseman Brock Faber went to the penalty box for tripping and the Rangers converted on the ensuing power play.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Nor is the scene in which Cory trips on mushrooms on Hollywood Boulevard (which is probably true of half the people walking there).—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Ahead of the week’s worst heat, some Bay Area residents voyaged outside to enjoy the sun and unseasonably balmy conditions.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Stationed in Singapore, the vessel will voyage entirely at sea, with no port calls.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Jaunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunt. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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