1
as in excursions
a short trip for pleasure
a morning sally out to see the historic monuments around the city
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2
as in jokes
something said or done to cause laughter
the final sally made her laugh, and that ended the argument
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Noun
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The Dewberry partners with bespoke chartering club Barton & Gray, so when weather permits, hotel guests can reserve an outing aboard a classic Hinckley Talaria boat, fully captained for custom, catered excursions to remote beaches and intercoastal waterways.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026 -
Guests can explore ports independently, join optional excursions or stay onboard for the scenery.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
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Tom Brady, who was the victim of Netflix’s last celebrity roast in 2024, made a surprise appearance at Kevin Hart’s roast Sunday to launch a few jokes at the comedian before the night got underway.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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Insults were par for the course at The Roast of Kevin Hart, but some jokes had more acid than others.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Now researchers have identified a new material within trinitite called a clathrate—a cagelike chemical lattice that traps other atoms inside it.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
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Their daughter, Rose, traps them in her dolls.—
George Yang,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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The wrinkle-free, water-repellant designs in Foreign Fare hinted at their travels with items named Jetsetter Jacket, Flight Jumpsuit, Wrap Me Up Dress, Hideaway Hoodie, Tour Tee and Just Go Polo.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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Swalwell, then 35, often used the app himself instead of delegating it to a staffer, posting short videos almost every day from travels around his California district or his work on Capitol Hill.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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There are moments when Lily feels lost and anxious, and another scene where a panicked sheep knocks over furniture, although that is played for laughs.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Even Gawker’s star investigative reporter Adrian Chen, whose exposé of the dark web marketplace Silk Road was a huge scoop, could generate laughs.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
Verb
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That number jumps to 81 percent for Latina Gen Z-ers and 83 percent for Latina Millennials.—
Jenny B. Fine,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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The Neo starts at $599 for 256GB of storage and jumps to $699 for a 512GB model with a Touch ID scanner.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Completing a 180-day plan in 73 days suggests the aircraft performed consistently across multiple sorties.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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The Adil Shahi army led by Yusuf Adil Shah, who was not actually dead, soon retaliated against the Portuguese, launching sorties against their positions and eventually sending a force of 60,000 men to attack Goa.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Apr. 2026
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The initial experience of Shakespeare’s meter leads to a world of discovery of a man who quite literally changed the world with witticisms and insight and has shaped every corner of humanity since the 16th century.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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During Bloomberg’s pursuit of office, a 1990 booklet in which business colleagues had compiled his witticisms surfaced.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Sallies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sallies. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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