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safari

[suh-fahr-ee] / səˈfɑr i /
NOUN
hunting expedition
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Sarah’s parents are celebrating their wedding anniversary, and they’re taking the whole clan on a celebratory safari.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Guests on board were said to be part of a luxury safari tour by travel agency andBeyond.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

But what she called the "safari hunting" continued.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The few times he appeared outside those safe spaces came off as safari expeditions in a mysterious city the 42-year-old lifelong Angeleno obviously didn’t know.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Even though he was only in second grade, he was technically free to backpack through Europe, or go on safari in Africa, and breeze through customs upon his return.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

This generation, who as young adults hitchhiked across the country and backpacked through Europe, now is going on safaris and hiking in the Serengeti on guided tours that offer “easy” as well as “challenging” options.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Rarely if ever do these minimum wage safaris net lasting structural change at the companies featured on the show.

From Salon Feb. 23, 2026

He ran photo safaris in Kenya, before meeting his wife and moving to Scotland to set up Touch the Wild photography full time.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2025

Her office argues that LaPierre dodged financial disclosure requirements while treating the NRA as his personal piggyback, liberally dipping into its coffers for African safaris and other questionable, big ticket expenses.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

I got the roasting heat and the crocodiles and the snakes and the long safaris up-country, selling Shell oil to the men who ran the diamond mines and the sisal plantations.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

Particularly proud of his medical knowledge is Courier Wagner, who has safaried with many a big game expedition through Africa without a single case of malaria or sleeping sickness.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Kampala, Uganda, where the dollar used to bring 10 shillings on the black market, safariing Americans were lucky to get five.

From Time Magazine Archive




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