jaunting

Definition of jauntingnext
present participle of jaunt
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Verb
  • The visual of a 450-pound llama in a pirate hat wandering past a Starbucks kiosk is, apparently, just a normal Tuesday at PDX.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The film follows Airi (Hoshi), a wandering medium who spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Recent videos depict him chewing a toy bear and another bloodhound, Lorace, gallivanting in new boots.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The hotel seems to lend itself less to the idea of gallivanting around, but more to hunkering down and getting cosy.
    Felicity Capon, TheWeek, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Celebrate by roaming the stacks after dark at this festival.
    Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Fish and wildlife officials advise people to remove bird feeders until the turkeys leave the area and install sprinklers if the wild fowl keep roaming into yards.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • These include operating without GPS, using frequency hopping to counter jamming, and enabling one operator to manage multiple drones.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Apr. 2026
  • However, many thought Tilson Thomas too brash and arrogant to lead an orchestra, and, around the same time, Tilson Thomas fell in with New York’s disco-hopping crowd.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Throughout the visual, the three-time Grammy winner can be seen traipsing through the palace's opulent halls in a coquettish ensemble, capturing the elation of newfound romance.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Long before the site ran scoops about members of Congress traipsing around Edinburgh Castle, a young Levin harbored political aspirations.
    Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In Season 2, after finding out survivors — including his wife, Teri (Enuka Okuma) — remain in the outside world in the Season 1 finale, Xavier (Brown) embarks on a quest to find her, journeying out from the Paradise bunker for the first time since the planet’s destruction.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
  • After journeying a total of more than 695,000 miles during their mission, all four astronauts described the joy of returning to their families.
    Denise Chow, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • He was removed of his leadership over roving bands of Border Patrol agents in big cities after a narrative he and then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about Pretti’s shooting fell apart.
    Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Democrats sought to end roving patrols and bar ICE agents from entering certain places; a use-of-force code for immigration enforcement agents; and requirements for agents not to wear masks and to don body cameras.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Harry, Louis, and Zayn are all touring this year.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The group, which recently announced its first album in six years, is touring for the first time since the members' mandatory military service in South Korea caused BTS to go on hiatus starting in 2022.
    Carly Sauvageau, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Jaunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaunting. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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