walkabout

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Recent Examples of walkabout Stay dry on your leaf peeping walkabouts with a water-tight shell like the REI Co-op Rainier Rain Jacket, now 30 percent off. Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025 Kate Middleton makes her first royal appearance on a walkabout in Wales As Princess Diana had done before her, Kate took a royal walkabout in Wales with her husband-to-be, completing her very first royal duty. Nicole Briese, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Both Charles and Diana stopped in front of her during a walkabout on that 1983 tour. Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Today’s top stories Trump’s rhetorical walkabouts: A sign of ‘genius’ or cognitive decline? Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for walkabout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for walkabout
Noun
  • Compact Umbrella London is no stranger to rainy days, and as many cities gear up for less predictable weather this fall and winter, Ali says an umbrella is a must-have item for any trip.
    Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Yet, with the rest of the squad beginning their preparations for a midweek trip to Hartlepool United in the League Cup, his absence had alarm bells ringing.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That line—now the opening line of the novel—revealed that this time travel story would be about how to begin again.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Experiential gifts can range from inexpensive local activities to more elaborate travel, fitting any budget.
    Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Kardashian reads from an article that reportedly features a person asking Buzz Aldrin, the NASA astronaut who landed on the moon during the Apollo 11 space mission, what the scariest moment of the expedition was.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Kardashian reads from an article that reportedly includes a person asking Buzz Aldrin, the NASA astronaut who embarked on a journey to the moon on the Apollo 11 space mission, what the scariest moment of the expedition was.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Continuous five-hour round-trip treks to the San Francisco International Airport to greet arriving art curators and critics ensued.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The Atlanta native has announced more shows as part of the global trek, along with plenty of coinciding Wunna Run Club 5K race events to accompany tour dates.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • While driving activists between cities, Liuzzo was killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan after the march.
    Dana Afana, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As the mid-Missouri heat and humidity finally subside, any outdoor activity—from the perfect wine picnic to a Katy Trail hike—is much more pleasant.
    Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • While the temporary set no longer stands, fans can still visit the farm to enjoy a leisurely hike or take in the lush green landscape.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The full Interconnect Tour departs from Deer Valley Resort in Park City, leading skiers on a traverse along the Wasatch Mountain range with visits to Park City Mountain Resort, Solitude, Brighton, Alta, and Snowbird.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The traverse from Thunderbolt to 14,159-foot Mount Sill tags three other 14,000-foot peaks en route.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As historian Kelly Lytle Hernández writes, one thing that stood in the way of this vision was the figure of the tramp.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Walkabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkabout. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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