sortie

Example Sentences

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“The near-zero sortie counts seen on some days since February should be viewed as an extreme manifestation of a longer-term trend, rather than a sudden development,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Turk’s bad back makes it a brief sortie, but the attempt confirms that their friendship remains fundamentally intact.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

The F-35B landed on 14 June at Thiruvananthapuram airport in the southern state of Kerala where it was diverted after it ran into bad weather during a sortie in the Indian Ocean.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025

River are all part of the perfect Sunday sortie for the ‘Animal Control’ star.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

Two days earlier—on Friday, April 26—we’d humped all the way from Base Camp to Camp Two in one long day to begin our third and final acclimatization sortie in preparation for the summit push.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer