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Recent Examples of road-trip
Bad Nature is a dark romp of a book, a road-trip novel propelled by a revenge plot.
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Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
Waffle House With its bright yellow signs and 24/7 diner lights, Waffle House is an iconic Southern road-trip beacon with Georgia roots that’s been serving up comforting plates for decades.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
The clamp is strong enough to grab the tip of a ski for ground-up action shots, a sled for POV runs, a roof rack for road-trip footage, or even a tree branch for drive-by ski shots.
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Graham Averill,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
The plan on file calls for a 74,000-square-foot store, roughly 120 fueling positions and room for a serious road-trip crowd.
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Lucciana Choueiry,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Nov. 2025
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
30 Mar. 2026
Waffle House With its bright yellow signs and 24/7 diner lights, Waffle House is an iconic Southern road-trip beacon with Georgia roots that’s been serving up comforting plates for decades.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
The clamp is strong enough to grab the tip of a ski for ground-up action shots, a sled for POV runs, a roof rack for road-trip footage, or even a tree branch for drive-by ski shots.
—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
24 Feb. 2026
The plan on file calls for a 74,000-square-foot store, roughly 120 fueling positions and room for a serious road-trip crowd.
—
Lucciana Choueiry,
Austin American Statesman,
13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for road-trip
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His winning series was captured in the waters of Anilao, Philippines, where pelagic and larval marine life migrate from the depths each night to feed under the cover of darkness.
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Bozovic sees it as part of a larger trend of wealthy people migrating to South Florida — bringing their money and business with them.
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There’s also The Italian Restaurant located within the 6,100-square-foot entertainment complex that serves classic Italian comfort dishes (during idle times while dining, kids can feel free to jaunt toward the arcade for a round of air hockey before the plate of rigatoni is served).
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The Lakeshore Corridor route issues, including busing to accommodate construction of the fourth rail line into Millennium Station, bring down the overall metric to 80.7%.
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In the nineties, when someone was released from Rikers, the D.O.C.’s standard practice was to bus them to Queens Plaza, in Long Island City, where they would be dropped off, usually in the middle of the night.
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Throughout the weekend, someone wandering around Mass MoCA’s campus might have caught excellent mainstage opening acts like Gang of Four (featuring Ted Leo on guitar) or the Breeders, representing two strains of Eighties and Nineties alt/punk rock.
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Most ticks are content to sit and wait for a meal to wander past; lone stars have no patience for that.
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Visitors can hike trails and drive a scenic route through the colorful, rugged Badlands where bison and wild horses roam.
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The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.
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Mora picked the ball up on halfway and just kept on motoring forward, moving towards two runners on the right, eventually nudging the ball through for Jorge Sanchez, who bundled the ball across for Quinones to finish.
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In the fifth, Harper lined a ball into the gap in left-center field and motored around to third base for a two-run triple.
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There are hiking trails and even pilgrimage routes all over the world.
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Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings.
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The offices of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance had people of all ages on Wednesday night waiting for the end of the nightly Ramadan fast, from children sitting at tables doing math homework to cab drivers just getting off their shifts.
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“Road-trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/road-trip. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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