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trip

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verb

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as in to hop
to move with a light springing step dancers tripping lightly across the stage

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of trip
Noun
On-Demand paratransit will operate for life-sustaining trips only. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Jan. 2026 The timing of Starmer’s trip has drawn attention. Evelyn Cheng,anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
In that case, the burglars entered through a bedroom window but fled after tripping an alarm, police said. City News Service, Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026 The operators likely see green lights and stable voltage readings on their screens even as transformers are overloading and breakers are tripping in the physical world. Saman Zonouz, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip
Noun
  • This year, Lindblad Expeditions marks the 60th anniversary of Lars Eric Lindblad’s first civilian expedition to Antarctica, the journey that helped define modern expedition travel.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Dutch West India Company had sponsored an expedition to search for a southern continent, which was thought necessary to balance all the land north of the equator.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Cole Caufield served notice that Team USA made a grave mistake leaving him off the Olympic team, but Morgan Geekie’s deuce trumped the brilliant Montreal Canadiens forward’s hat trick in the Bruins’ thrilling come-from-behind 4-3 win at TD Garden on Saturday night.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The other side of that coin is that the lengthy language might make mistakes and open the door to interpretations that undercut the law.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • One day, on a whim, Liberato jogged from his preferred liquor store back to his home.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Teammates swarmed Mevis after the game-winner as long snapper Jake McQuaide jogged to retrieve the ball, presumably as a souvenir for the rookie kicker who spent last spring in the UFL and the early part of this season waiting for a call.
    Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The cold air is then expected to stay in place through the beginning of February, ensuring that whatever snow falls this weekend will stay on the ground for a while.
    Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Only one other player has been ever elected by the writers with 1,500 or fewer hits — Roy Campanella (1,422) in 1969 — and that total falls far short of the average career hit mark for all Hall of Fame batters, which is 2,330.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Fluorescence rippled across the bed of astrocytes in waves, hopping from one cell to the next.
    Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
  • As far as staple bottoms, pick up these Lee bootcut jeans to hop on the retro style celebs have been wearing recently.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Although many in the crowd were his constituents, some people traveled hours to show their support.
    Steve Large, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
  • In many international markets, direct-to-consumer pricing does not travel well.
    Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The same officer shoves Pretti in his chest, leading Pretti and the other protester to stumble backward.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Dutcher and his staff might have stumbled on something.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Two days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minnesota reportedly tackled a home caregiver from sub-Saharan Africa to the snowy pavement and took her away in a van, a close friend made the 1,400-mile journey to a controversial Texas detention facility where she’s being held.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And then there’s the new DineAlley, which curates private culinary journeys across the Tasman Peninsula, giving guests behind-the-scenes access to working farms, vineyards, oyster sheds and distilleries that are otherwise difficult to visit on your own.
    Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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