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trip

[trip] / trɪp /




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On this recent trip, he was hunting for Marshall, the firefighter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Tequilla Washington, a Dallas Cowboys fan from Columbus, Ohio, traveled here with her Steelers-supporting friends as a way to combine football with a bucket-list trip to Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

He got the call in mid-September, on his way home from a business trip tracking shoals of mackerel to aid fishing vessels.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Related: My wife says we can’t afford to retire, yet she wants to take an $8,000 trip to Italy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

He says this casually—the same way he sometimes suggests we should get to the art museum one of these days or take a day trip to New York City, but then he never follows up.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Former Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who has strong family ties to the Caribbean, has accompanied the King on a number of trips outside the UK.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Bernstein analysts said families were increasingly seeking out hassle-free trips, while younger shoppers were making spending decisions based on convenience.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Now is the time to visit “before the rest of the world finds out,” an Australia-based company offering trips to the region says on its website.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He lived in Florida but had to make regular trips to Orange County for treatment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Why, it would have taken a wagon scale to weigh her and two trips to the grain elevator to get her there.”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Investors are getting tripped up on level and duration.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Midway through the first half, Foden picked up the ball wide on the right-hand side in his own half and was closed down by Fernandes, who tripped the City man.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

His campaign was also briefly tripped up by court rulings banning his use of national symbols like Colombia's football jersey -- decisions that were later overturned.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

He nearly tripped down the stairs as he rushed to share the news with his mother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

She tripped forward, and the ground swooped wildly beneath her.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

“The de-escalation and fears of tighter global supplies are easing, which is tripping some long liquidation by funds,” Dennis Kissler of BOK Financial says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

McDonald looked over at Davis at one point, saying, "talk to your lawyer man, this dude is tripping".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

It’s more often due to a sudden misstep, like tripping over a crack in the sidewalk or stepping off an unforeseen curb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

In other words, gold tripping that technical level could prompt prices to fall even further as some traders use the indicator as a signal to sell.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

I was tripping out watching him, but just then Flaca took me by the arm and pulled me out of the dugout and back over to the one where her girls were sitting.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña


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