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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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Recent Examples of trip
Noun
At 20 liters, this pack is big enough for a weekend getaway and definitely the perfect size to complement your rollaboard for longer trips. Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025 Scott's crew crossed the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan — a trip captured in a now iconic photo showing the firetruck headed toward the burning towers. Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
Farley, a former New York City health commissioner who teaches at Tulane University, acknowledged that many factors contribute to falls, including the physical impairments and deteriorating eyesight associated with advancing age; alcohol abuse; and tripping hazards in people’s homes. Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025 Carr ends up tripping and falling down stairs, eating soup laced with Plan B One Step emergency contraceptive, and getting doused in cat feces, which leads to him contracting toxoplasmosis, a parasite that can be transferred to fetuses during pregnancy. Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip
Noun
  • Swift’s 149-show, five-continent expedition encapsulated a tsunami of emotions not just among her fans, but her own journey through a very public breakup, a fling and, as indicated by her engagement to Kelce, knee-buckling love.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That’s what brought Wiesmair, Spilker, and 41 other lepidopterists to the Italian Alps for the Project Psyche expedition this past July.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Steelers, Saints, Cardinals Sam Darnold was nearly perfect (28-of-34 passing for 341 yards and four touchdowns), but his one mistake was a costly interception late that set up the Bucs’ winning field goal.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Mahomes methodically pushed the offense to Jacksonville’s goal line before making what was a game-changing mistake.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas each jogged in from their infield positions to reassure their faith in their struggling closer.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The sophomore scampered to the edge, then jogged to paydirt for a 10-yard touchdown rush to provide his team a 21-7 edge.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Zay Flowers, who finished with a receiving line of 5-for-72, fell a yard short of a long TD on a 56-yard gain.
    Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • City administrator echoes points other municipalities have stated Brown presented a series of slides and data pieces that, among other facts, showed the city has lagged further behind in terms of property revenue increases falling short of 3% inflation on existing services on average.
    Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But there is also a far more practical reason for doing something as crazy as bunny hopping up the Eiffel Tower.
    Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
  • One option is to hop on a seaplane—many guests staying at luxury resorts will arrive this way.
    Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Like hundreds of thousands of foreign professionals, Qian lived on an H-1B work visa — the document that tethered her job, her ability to travel, and her entire sense of security to the grace of her employer.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • For his third album, Tomlinson once again teamed up with producer Nico Rebscher (Aurora, Zoe Wees), and traveled to Santa Teresa in Costa Rica for inspiration in early 2025.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But there have been some career stumbles recently, a superhero disappointment in particular, that must have complicated Johnson’s conception of his remarkable career.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Wallen then stumbles to his feet in the middle of the road, as rain pours down, with close-up images showing Wallen in tattered clothes and covered in scrapes and cuts.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pavle Milic's journey from restauranteur to winemaker Milic has long served as an evangelist for Arizona wine.
    Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In 2022, Gabriel-Kane wrapped his first feature film, Terror on the Prairie, but the journey to his acting debut wasn’t an easy one.
    Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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