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jaunt

[jawnt, jahnt] / dʒɔnt, dʒɑnt /


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Albanese was also asked about the worst gift he had received on an overseas jaunt.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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

The astronauts on the International Space Station receive a dose of around 240 to 480 X-rays on a six-month jaunt up in the exosphere.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2026

Collins returned to the fold for a 2007 tour — including two spectacular evenings at the Hollywood Bowl — and, after his health deteriorated, a bittersweet farewell jaunt in 2021-22.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 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

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

He was a collector and brought home art from his extensive travels, which included jaunts to a home in Paris.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024

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

She stopped watching for Mr. Tomony to come home on Saturday nights from his New York jaunts.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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

Then jaunted through a lively rigadoon To please him with a dance By Purcell, for he said that surely all Good Englishmen had pride in national Accomplishment.

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Amy Lowell

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

Depend upon it, her father went to meet her when he left the hotel at Berlin, and they’re jaunting off on their travels together all right.”

From The Red Symbol by John Ironside




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