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jaunt

[jawnt, jahnt] / dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt /


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A short wilderness jaunt with Pommerville on a pleasant Christmas Eve afternoon might have been an attempt to lift his spirits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Mandel is batting a fly away near her iced coffee when I point out that she and I met at a party in Silver Lake, just a short jaunt from where we’re sitting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

After the World Cup and a brief jaunt to Belize, the gang flew to Dallas, Texas.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, songs like “Down South” brim with nostalgia for days gone by — in this instance, memories of a hitchhiking jaunt with Harrison.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

The trip to Poughkeepsie was not the boisterous and carefree jaunt of the year before.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Oura leads the pack here, picking up everything from housework to brief stroller jaunts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

He had taken a trip this month to Switzerland, his favoured destination for overseas jaunts, fuelling fresh speculation over the state of his health.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

I can only imagine a bigger fuss if Taylor Swift’s private jet suddenly vanished over the South Pacific during one of her jaunts across the globe for date night with Travis Kelce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Serious collectors went on global art jaunts from Miami and Paris, to Venice and Basel, Switzerland, and attendance at elite art showcases could be counted on year after year.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

She stopped watching for Mr. Tomony to come home on Saturday nights from his New York jaunts.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

As he jaunted to the mound for the fourth, the crowd woke up, rising in volume; but not for Kochanowicz.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2025

One model jaunted down the runway in a ruffle-lined hot-pink tweed jacket, another in a matching skirt.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2023

As if to underline the need for joy, a reggae dancer jaunted down center stage to close the show.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

Last week, he jaunted to Tallahassee, The Villages and Tampa with Dr. Scott Atlas, President Trump’s controversial new coronavirus adviser.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

Then jaunted through a lively rigadoon To please him with a dance By Purcell, for he said that surely all Good Englishmen had pride in national Accomplishment.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell

Buzan is particularly good at teasing out Linda’s vivacity and frustration, jaunting around in costume designer Ivania Stack’s gorgeous flapper dresses and speaking with snark and tamped-down despair.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022

The island was like a living postcard for coastal Florida, appealing to mainlanders jaunting over the causeway for a quick visit, seasonal tourists and snowbirds.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022

There have been glimmers of cultural relevance: For instance, O’Brien made news in March by jaunting to Havana for a special Conan in Cuba.

From Slate ● May 10, 2015

I seriously imagined me and the dress and the man and the balcony, but, no, there has been no such Italy jaunting.

From US News ● Dec. 28, 2012

It seemed, indeed, as if his guest, as well as the Emperor, always took his life in his hands when driving in the jaunting car.

From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed


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