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as in expedition
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
I'd like to book a trip to Greece with your travel agency
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as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
even a small trip in the bomb-making calculations could lead to disaster
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as in to jog
to go at a pace faster than a walk
went tripping up the steps of city hall in their eagerness to get married
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as in to fall
to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily
tripped over a chair and landed on her face
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as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance
while he was growing up, the family tripped to New England every summer
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as in to stumble
to make a mistake
the press has had it in for the new governor, and they are just waiting for her to trip
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Recent Examples of trip
Ling Ling Huang, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
Wang was also unsuccessful in his efforts to meet on that trip with National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, said a person familiar with the matter.
—Beijing and Washington Bureaus, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Standout episodes see the besties trip out with Anderson .Paak at Afropunk and shine a light on trans joy with Peppermint.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
My friend had sent me pictures of her with my boyfriend on a recent camping trip.
—Ling Ling Huang, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2025
Wang was also unsuccessful in his efforts to meet on that trip with National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, said a person familiar with the matter.
—Beijing and Washington Bureaus, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
Jennifer Coolidge, who originated the role of heiress Tanya McQuoid in Season 1, returned for Season 2, only to die by tripping and hitting her head on a boat and drowning.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Standout episodes see the besties trip out with Anderson .Paak at Afropunk and shine a light on trans joy with Peppermint.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trip
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On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers made a startling discovery after part of a huge ice sheet broke off.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Isaacman, a superstar of the NewSpace sector, will lead NASA into a new era of celestial expeditions, Kelly forecasts.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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There have been expensive product mistakes and lots of trial and error with brushes, clips, hair dryers….—
Liz Krieger,
Allure,
15 Apr. 2025
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Such mistakes have been made by many administrations over decades.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2025
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Pope made sure to share the celebration again, jogging to find his wife and daughters behind the bench for a long embrace before hustling to a TV interview.—
Jesse Temple,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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In 14 different ballparks today (the Tampa Bay Rays and Colorado Rockies will have to wait until Friday to begin), players will jog out of the dugout and lineup along the chalk that runs from home plate to the outfield poles.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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And bond market yields fall by about 150 basis points (1.5 percentage points).11 The Fed Fed Chair Powell says the Fed is waiting for the softening survey data to translate into hard data before moving toward lower interest rates.—
Robert Barone,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Mary had brought her mother, who had suffered multiple mental-health crises, to live with the family; Phyllis then fell ill with metastatic lung cancer, and Mary served as her caretaker.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Another tip is to apply the cleansing oil before hopping into a steamy shower to open up the pores.—
Rosa Jisoo Pyo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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And when screen time is over, ideally, your little one will hop off the couch inspired to start a creative building project of their own.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
14 Apr. 2025
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Families now must travel often far distances for their children’s youth sports competitions, which can be costly.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Apr. 2025
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Curiosity has traveled over 21 miles from its landing site since 2012, and has obtained multiple drill site samples from layers of Martian sediment beneath it.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Woman Makes 'Creepy' Find In Thrift Store By Alice Gibbs Senior Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A thrift store shopper from Scotland stumbled on something unexpected in her local store when a beautiful glass paperweight caught her eye.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
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Contractors renovating a historic home in Belgium stumbled upon the entrance to a secret tunnel identified by archaeologists as an escape route from World War I.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
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While technology progress is accelerating, the human element also requires attention and investment, and recent data suggest organizations need to double-down on bringing their workforce along on the AI journey.—
Beena Ammanath,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Af Klint kept a meticulous record of her spiritual journey, in what would grow to thousands of pages of handwritten notebooks.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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