Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for road-tripping
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All my grandparents were sharecroppers in Mississippi before migrating to Gary in the late 1920s.—
Lori Latham,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026 -
The deal for Roku, which is based in San Jose, California, is the latest wave of consolidation in the entertainment industry as media companies compete for viewers migrating from traditional television to streaming services.—
Mary Cunningham,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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Nearly a year ago, Estrella was found wandering alone on the streets of Denver without access to necessities, including fresh water.—
Jasmine Arenas,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Ray struggles to hide his drink, to get a drink, to get away on his own and pursue his Sisyphean labors of hammering a bucket of baseballs off a tee and then wandering through the field to collect them and start again.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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The Orlando Sentinel’s Jeff Schweers found Ingoglia has been gallivanting around the state to see the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Daytona 500 and even a boxing match, with taxpayers helping cover his transportation.—
Scott Maxwell,
Sun Sentinel,
28 May 2026
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Imagine if David Rose and Patrick Brewer went gallivanting off on a cozy fantasy adventure, only to discover a shape-shifting girl and humans who are the real monsters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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While the Qatari national team practiced at nearby PayPal Park Friday morning, Switzerland trained in San Diego early in the day before hopping on a plane and making the short flight to San Jose.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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Hirano puts this premature end to the rover's mission as being down to either something becoming damaged on LEV-1 by its hopping motion, or by LEV-1's battery depletion, either way preventing data from being relayed back to Earth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 June 2026
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Accessible only by passenger ferry or private boat, Georgia's largest and southernmost barrier island feels worlds away from the mainland, thanks to its maritime forests, expansive salt marshes, shimmering coastal waters, and wild horses roaming the dunes.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
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Let Florida panthers resume roaming by night in one of the last swaths of wilderness left to them.—
Eve Samples,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
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The show will also feature a couple of reporters — Alex Aljoe will be demonstrating her linguistic skills in a roving role, while Sky Sports’ Rob Jones will be in the England camp — and what promises to be a starry cast of guests.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
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All of that data funnels through a roving technical center that gets disassembled after every race and shipped to the next location.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
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But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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Gordon is currently touring in support of Play Me.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
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Or is touring cities more your thing?—
Laura Kiniry,
Popular Science,
17 June 2026
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