whistlestop

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Joined by a business delegation, the conservative leader will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, then travel to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on a whistlestop tour that concludes Friday.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The mayor also went to Ecuador and Mexico during his whistlestop tour, where he visited shelters for migrants and spoke to local legislators.

From Washington Times • Oct. 8, 2023

To mark this milestone, Theresa May is setting off on a whistlestop tour of all four nations of the UK.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2018

“I didn’t particularly want to go,” he grumbled of a whistlestop 1989 trip to Rio de Janeiro during which he declined to spend even a single night at his destination.

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2018

His first task is to assemble a rag-tag skeleton staff of hacks, distinguished more by their availability than their ability, picked up on a whistlestop tour of Fleet Street’s pubs.

From Economist • Jul. 6, 2017