jaunt
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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 astronauts on the International Space Station receive a dose of around 240 to 480 X-rays on a six-month jaunt up in the exosphere.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2026
Collins returned to the fold for a 2007 tour — including two spectacular evenings at the Hollywood Bowl — and, after his health deteriorated, a bittersweet farewell jaunt in 2021-22.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
My trip to Pathfinder was a quick jaunt compared to the epic journey that's coming up.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Washburn’s jaunts through nature feed back into his songs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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
Those whirlwind jaunts are the focus of “Willem de Kooning and Italy,” a new exhibition that opened on Wednesday at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
During November, Hendrickson has led interested urban walkers on jaunts covering sections of the route.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
Sometimes he’d send me on jaunts by myself, driving the car and pulling the trailer, me and Dee-Dee.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
Perry, whose current tour is in support of her “143” album, jaunted into space in mid-April on a Jeff Bezos rocket ship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
They jaunted about in the North and West through the summer and autumn, and now have but recently returned to New York.
From What Can She Do? by Edward Payson Roe
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
In the NBA, the 2004–05 Miami Heat are the most traveled team of recent decades, jaunting just more than 70,000 miles.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2014
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
And Terence would sulk, and Jenny would hum, and the jaunting car would go jaunting on.
From Carnival by Compton MacKenzie
Vocabulary lists containing jaunt
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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