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safari

noun

Definition of safari

as in tour

an act of traveling to see or hunt animals especially in Africa He went on a safari in Africa last year.

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Recent Examples of safari In Uganda a new tour operator is taking travelers on safari largely in silence, telling the story of East Africa and its wildlife using sign language. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Converting conventional safari vehicles costs between $35,000 and $45,000, Amado said, but the investment can pay for itself in about two and a half to three years through fuel and maintenance savings. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 But that’s also more or less the premise of this supposedly final installment of the rebooted franchise, which arranges another multiplayer safari of joystick slapstick for the Rock, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan. — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026 Americans are being warned to avoid parts of an African safari destination where terrorists have targeted upscale lodges frequented by international big-game hunters. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for safari

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Typically, between 10 and 20 people come on each 90-minute tour, which costs $30 for adults.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The backlash was swift, and pro-Israel groups fiercely criticized Macklemore, and he was later removed from the rest of Sheeran’s stadium tour.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

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Like his protagonist, Bill, the first-time filmmaker — also a famed author, journalist and podcaster in his native Sweden — chaperoned a school trip to the Stockholm Archipelago in a bid to reconnect with his daughter.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
The final few days of the trip offer passengers the chance to explore Funchal, Madeira, and Portimão, Portugal, along with two sea days before disembarking in Lisbon, Portugal.

— Megan duBois, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2026

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So when word dropped on September 1st that the nearly 200-year-old museum was closing at the end of the month, thousands of families began a wistful pilgrimage, to make one final visit.

— Andrew Stelzer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
Fans have been making the pilgrimage for years, but photographs of a mass gathering on the bridge between the band’s Prague concerts in 2024 appear to have helped fuel a modern-day boom.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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