Thesaurus results for SORTIES

sorties

noun

plural of sortie

as in excursions

a short trip for pleasure an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores

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Recent Examples of sorties Pérez estimates that Cuba may have only six to eight operational aircraft capable of flying combat sorties, including aging MiG-29s and MiG-23s. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026 Completing a 180-day plan in 73 days suggests the aircraft performed consistently across multiple sorties. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026 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 The People’s Liberation Army has also stepped up pressure on Taipei through large-scale exercises and near-daily sorties across the median line of the Taiwan Strait. —

Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026 Interestingly, its nearly cube-like design—broken only by the addition of a hood—was a statement of stature that soon made the G-Wagen a status symbol conscripted far more for shopping sorties through Beverly Hills than anything tapping into its all-terrain acumen. —

Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026 Since the start of the operation, Israeli aircraft have carried out more than 1,600 sorties and deployed more than 5,000 munitions, according to figures released Wednesday. —

Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Mar. 2026 In Desert Storm, only a fraction of those sorties had precision weapons. —

Richard Hall, Time, 3 Mar. 2026 Seven years later, in December 1998, after Saddam blocked United Nations inspections of his alleged weapon-of-mass-destruction facilities, Clinton included six of the dictator’s palaces as targets of the 650 bomb sorties and 400 cruise missiles in the four-day Operation Desert Fox. —

Tim Naftali, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026

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Noun

For surfing, Playa Cativo Lodge offers two half-day surf excursions to Matapalo and Pavones, which are both a short boat ride away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
Between flights, hotels, excursions, dinners out, and the inevitable shopping, sometimes splurging on first class or a five-star hotel simply isn’t the priority.

— Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026