trips 1 of 2

plural of trip

trips

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verb

present tense third-person singular of trip
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as in hops
to move with a light springing step dancers tripping lightly across the stage

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Recent Examples of trips
Noun
Patrick Michaud, a police spokesperson, said Thursday that Barnes has made four trips to Chicago this year and spent about 18 days in total traveling there. Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026 For Chesney, who grew accustomed to long bus trips while coaching at the lowest levels of college, UCLA’s luxury travel, by comparison, seems manageable. The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2026 For decades, young Israelis have traveled to Jewish summer camps across North America, and non-Israeli Jews get free trips to Israel. Giovanna Dell'orto, Fortune, 31 July 2026 Many bucket list adventures for 2026 require advance planning, with some trips booking months ahead. Ashley Lynch july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 The first-time Republican candidate has vowed to sell the state’s private jet, a Cessna Citation CJ3+ used by the governor and other Kansas officials for out-of-state trips. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 Since then, all members of the royal family have routinely packed a black outfit for their official trips. Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 31 July 2026 Patrick Michaud, a department spokesperson, said Thursday that Barnes has made four trips to Chicago this year and spent in total about 18 days traveling there. ABC News, 30 July 2026 The defense argued the cellular data is not an exact science, and that regardless, there’s no proof d4vd was the one who actually made the trips. Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Verb
Bathroom trips while filming The Odyssey were an odyssey in itself for John Leguizamo. Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026 The youngest Lestat trips over reciting a passage about being encircled by God’s love. Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Travelers plan trips around fashion weeks, shop for luxury goods abroad, and seek out hotels with onsite boutiques that are as thoughtfully curated as their restaurants. Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2026 Santa Ana, the country's tallest volcano), horseback rides along the black sand, and trips out along the Ruta de las Flores. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026 Powerful superconducting magnets could also provide a solution to the problem of cancer-causing cosmic radiation that explorers will encounter during stays on the moon or trips deeper into space. Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 6 July 2026 For DeVita, founder of Outer Current Club, an adventure travel company that hosts small group trips around the world, jumping into the Pacific felt like a luxury. Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026 Longer trips sail to Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico. Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trips
Noun
  • Its load-bearing capacity has been improved to accommodate the needs of larger scientific research equipment during expeditions.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Accidents are common on climbing expeditions in northern Pakistan because of avalanches, falling ice and rock, extreme altitude and rapidly changing weather.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Efficiency expands access while increasing the number of settings in which consequential mistakes, surveillance and labor displacement can occur.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Sellers can edit any mistakes before an auction begins, and those corrections are used to further improve future AI models.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Against Senegal, Odegaard casually jogs off the pitch at the near post to drag a player away from the box as Julian Ryerson delivers the corner.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Orchard Street, which jogs awkwardly around the one-time dump at Gowen Road, in particular needs to change, according to both Ada County Highway District and Boise city reports.
    Mark Dee July 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • That way if one of its holdings falls, the others are positioned to take up the slack, provided the economy is strong.
    Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The impact falls disproportionately on women, who have left the workforce in droves, according to Challenger, Gray and Christmas.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In one particularly zany scene that was teased to the public, Hart (OK, his stuntman) hops on a pink stretch limo zooming around the Brickell area.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • Even to the extent that a particular state starts out with the Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws, differing (and sometimes wildly differing) application of those rules can vary as one hops across state borders.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Culture travels further than any courier shipping Solar Buddies worldwide.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Likewise, the biking route usually travels by the Columbine Mine near 12,600 feet in elevation south of Twin Lakes and organizers hope to keep that feature on the route.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
  • The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Fleeing an economic crisis and political repression back home, many Venezuelans have risked their lives on treacherous journeys to reach the US.
    Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The aircraft targets journeys that typically require between 60 and 90 minutes on the road, where traffic congestion can make driving unpredictable.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

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“Trips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trips. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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