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jaunt

[jawnt, jahnt] / dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt /


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The group’s current European tour includes stops in Spain, France and the U.K. — with a lengthy U.S. jaunt to follow in the fall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Chief Executive David Zaslav spent much of July on a European jaunt, which included meetings with top Warner international executives and side trips to Amsterdam, Wimbledon and Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 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

Not exactly an ideal location for a stealth mission, but with barely two hours of moon time left there was no time for an overground jaunt.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

The few trips that McMillan has booked to the States are mostly last-minute jaunts with inexpensive airfare “because no one is on the planes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 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

Blue Origin’s accomplishments to date are modest — a small vehicle known as New Shepard that takes space tourists and experiments on brief suborbital jaunts.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024

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

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

We have jaunted about everywhere, and have a delightful time.

From Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss

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

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

Bram Whillock, 28, has been jaunting around the world’s premier rock-climbing locations.

From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2011

Her one eye glared with joy, the jaunting car moved away while she fell flat on the ground in apparent excess of emotion.

From Strangers and Wayfarers by Sarah Orne Jewett




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