as in excursion
a short trip for pleasure
an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores
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If those troops or pilots got themselves into trouble, NATO member states bordering Ukraine would come under considerable pressure to fly air defense sorties out of their own bases to assist European forces in Ukraine.
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Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Israeli planes have made frequent sorties over Syria and even bombed Houthi infrastructure in Yemen, more than 1,000 miles away.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Its sorties into higher volume car and SUV segments failed.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2024
China has progressively increased the sophistication of these sorties as well as their proximity to Taiwanese territory.
—David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, Israeli planes have made frequent sorties over Syria and even bombed Houthi infrastructure in Yemen, more than 1,000 miles away.
—Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
Its sorties into higher volume car and SUV segments failed.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2024
China has progressively increased the sophistication of these sorties as well as their proximity to Taiwanese territory.
—David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortie. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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