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excursion

[ik-skur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / ɪkˈskɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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Van Gorp had joined a Saturday group outing, a horseback trail riding excursion in the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Maxime Fallet, who works at a Doubs riverboat excursion company, fears the lake is "destined to disappear", for lack of a plan to save it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The BBC has approached the company which put on the excursion, Tony Montana Excursions, for comment.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

There is a disclaimer before each episode stating that their cross-country excursion is funded by a nonprofit and no taxpayer dollars were used to pay for the series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

By this time all three Incorrigibles had fallen asleep, as children on the way home from a long excursion so often do, even to this day.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

Also go for: Weekend après parties at Canyon Lodge bring DJs to the slopes, while off-mountain excursions range from guided snowmobile tours to tubing at Woolly’s Adventure Summit, a family-friendly amusement park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

His son, the film director Riley Sweeney Lynch, recalls him turning these excursions into a game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Williams, her partner Len, and daughters Greta and eight-year-old Eiry-ana were enjoying a holiday at Eftalia Ocean Hotel and went on numerous excursions.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

He added restaurants, including the steakhouse Beefbar, as well as a spa, wine tastings with the property’s sommelier, horseback rides along the dunes and bike excursions through rice fields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

James is getting a bit frustrated shut up here, he tries not to show it but I can tell—also, Dumbledore’s still got his Invisibility Cloak, so no chance of little excursions.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling


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