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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
Noun
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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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Guests tend to gather at the patio bar to share stories of their treks over a few cocktails at sundown.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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The North American dates during The Hayley Williams Show trek will be supported by Magdalena Bay and Rico Nasty, while the Latin American leg will feature Annie DiRusso.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
7 May 2026
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What emerged was not a steady, upward march of brightness.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 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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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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The new study relies on data from 78 traverses of the area from September 2023 to February 2024.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2026
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Plus, the police are looking for a tramp (David Wilmot) who lives in the forest nearby, and may know something about what happened to her.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
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More than half a century into his imposingly prolific, restlessly searching career as a songwriter, Springsteen has fulfilled the prophecy he was born into as a young tramp.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Walkabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkabout. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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