whistle-stop tour
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So there's a third destination on this whistle-stop tour – Iqaluit, the capital of Canada's northernmost territory of Nunavut and homeland of its Inuit people.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
And, remember, It was Harry Truman who went on a whistle-stop tour of the country and that helped him snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat in 1948.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2024
“She does that whistle-stop tour in the very hostile South and does it beautifully,” Porter said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Sassoon asked about a few stops on Bankman-Fried’s pre-extradition whistle-stop tour of the blogosphere and podcast world.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2023
Consider this shortlist of five books your whistle-stop tour of recent Antipodean reads that might have slid under your radar, some of which will soon be published internationally.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
