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Recent Examples of walkabout
Despite the callouts during the walkabout, King Charles did not appear to respond, continuing down the line of people and shaking hands, the outlet said.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The intent is to have someone visit once a week for a walkabout to meet with local businesses and forge relationships for future collaborations.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
During the walkabout, William stopped for selfies, consoled a woman who appeared to have injured her hand and chatted with locals, sometimes with the help of a translator.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
While with other members of the royal family for their annual Christmas Day walkabout with well-wishers at Sandringham, Princess Charlotte stopped to take a selfie with a member of the crowd on Dec. 25.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
The intent is to have someone visit once a week for a walkabout to meet with local businesses and forge relationships for future collaborations.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
During the walkabout, William stopped for selfies, consoled a woman who appeared to have injured her hand and chatted with locals, sometimes with the help of a translator.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
While with other members of the royal family for their annual Christmas Day walkabout with well-wishers at Sandringham, Princess Charlotte stopped to take a selfie with a member of the crowd on Dec. 25.
—Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkabout
Noun
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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates quickly approved thousands of dollars in travel expenses from Mayor Brandon Scott’s office, including reimbursements for trips that had already taken place.—
Jeff Abell,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2026
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The Sox wrapped up the trip 3-3, winning two of three in San Diego before losing two of three to the Angels.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
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Major local and interstate travel will both be impacted by the lane closures.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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What is functional will be recouped by competitors that will benefit from the death of this icon of budget air travel, which facilitated a kind of low-grade freedom for the masses.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Noun
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When the footage from a celebrated 1996 first-contact expedition in the Amazon resurfaces decades later, a triumphant story of discovery unravels into a reckoning with colonialism, documentary ethics, and the lasting impact on the Korubo people.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The title draws on a historical term for a southward military expedition.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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Now, the Philly show will serve as the final gig of the trek, taking place after the previous closing show on May 27 at Washington’s Nationals Park.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
3 May 2026
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The marathon launched runners from Newport Beach’s Fashion Island on a trek that took them oceanfront along Pacific Coast Highway, past Upper Newport Bay and then South Coast Plaza, into Santa Ana and on to finish at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
3 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the North Carolina Association of Educators is encouraging teachers to call out of work on May 1 for a march in Raleigh to call attention to the cause.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Folks of all ages will appreciate the nightly Sirenna ritual, which involves a musical march from the lobby down to the sand, where adults are served a local favorite alcoholic chocolate drink, and kids’ eyes will pop when a mermaid appears through the plexiglass window of the infinity pool.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Supporters were desperate for owners Fenway Sports Group to reconsider the price hike and will now be pleased that their voices have been heard.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Another alleged cluster turned up among people with ties to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, but only one had disappeared—a materials engineer who is thought to have become lost on a hike in June 2025.—
Faye Flam,
Scientific American,
7 May 2026
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His 12-year-old son Fitz — named after the traverse of Patagonia’s Fitz Roy mountain, which Caldwell and Honnold became the first to climb in 2014, just a few months after Fitz’s birth — has embraced competitive skiing in the wake of the family’s recent move to Lake Tahoe.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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On sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster. New York indie folk outfit Big Thief will hit the Masonic Temple Theatre on Aug. 10 as the Somersault Slide 360 Tour traverses Europe and North America.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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There’s a tramp, a ditz, a bad boss, a hippie, a by-the-book good girl.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Walkabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkabout. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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