jaunt
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The entrepreneur has a $3.8 million 55-foot Valhalla sport yacht powered by four 600-hp engines, which have turned the roughly 60-mile trip between Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Bimini in the Bahamas into a lunchtime jaunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 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
The group is currently on its third international jaunt, the ‘Walk the Line’ world tour, and is set to perform Saturday at BMO Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Paying tourists didn’t like to be jostled around quite that much, unless of course they were on an illegal jaunt to Disneyland.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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On those same New York jaunts, the battery range exceeded my expectations, largely set by my Mustang Mach-E.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
Both of these SUVs are maneuverable in city driving and reasonably comfortable during highway jaunts.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024
But I was not a recluse; my ten days there were divided among ANC business, seeing old friends, and occasional jaunts as a conventional tourist.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
They jaunted about in the North and West through the summer and autumn, and now have but recently returned to New York.
From What Can She Do? by Edward Payson Roe
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
In the NBA, the 2004–05 Miami Heat are the most traveled team of recent decades, jaunting just more than 70,000 miles.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2014
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
It seemed, indeed, as if his guest, as well as the Emperor, always took his life in his hands when driving in the jaunting car.
From Napoleon's Young Neighbor by Helen Leah Reed
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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