walkabout

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Recent Examples of walkabout George, 11, Charlotte, 9, and Louis, 6, were joined by their parents Prince William and Kate Middleton and the rest of the royal family for the annual Dec. 25 walkabout following a morning church service at St. Mary Magdalene on Sandringham’s grounds. Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024 Those eft walkabouts are a critical time to look for the best food while the juvenile newt grows and matures. Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024 Their little walkabout date is so awkward and wonderful. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2024 The video begins with a clip of William and Kate during a walkabout on The Mall, by Buckingham Palace, in London, on May 5, 2023, one day before King Charles III's coronation. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for walkabout
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Noun
  • Whitworth was on a hunting trip in Buffalo, New York, when police executed the warrants.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Explore Kip Moore See latest videos, charts and news In preparation, Moore has taken his annual trip to rejuvenate in Maui, a place he’s found respite since 2014.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Just a couple of days later, on the 3rd, Mercury (the planet of technology, communication, and travel) shifts into Aries.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The travel expenses incurred by the university totaled $58,084.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Most base layers will be in the 160-grams-per-square-meter (lightweight) to 260-gsm range (heavyweight or expedition weight).
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Feb. 2025
  • For a group of paleontologists in Brazil, luck and intuition during a 2013 research expedition led to the discovery of a new species — from 120 million years ago.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • In return, the adventurer received the first Lhasa Apso dog that was brought to the U.S.) McFadden’s initial trek to Tibet with Holkar planted the seeds for the Sacred River Festival — to salute and preserve India’s rich musical and dance heritage, according to Olden.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But the Kalalau Trail, a bucket-list trek with zero cell service that hugs Kauai’s storied Na Pali coastline, isn’t just another hike.
    Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On Saline’s first drive, Carr — who nearly had his first throw get picked off — went 6-for-6 for 55 yards as the nine-play, 80-yard march was capped by a 15-yard TD run by Rush.
    Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Blake’s grandfather, Jacob Blake Sr., was a prominent minister and civil rights leader in the Chicago area who helped organize a march and spoke in support of comprehensive housing law in Evanston, Ill., days after the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2020
Noun
  • No one should be happy with Florida Power & Light’s historic request for a nearly $9 billion rate hike.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Expect price hikes on fresh produce that heavily relies on imports.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • About 4% of the world’s maritime trade and more than 40% of US container traffic traverses canal.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025
  • For food and wine lovers To book: Tauck, Uniworld, Riverside Just about every European river cruise traverses at least one famous wine-making region.
    Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
  • On March 7, 1913, rescuers were desperately searching the same waters for survivors of the Alum Cine, a British tramp steamer, that exploded while being loaded with 350 tons of dynamite (nine boxcars’ worth) that was bound to Panama for construction of the canal that was underway.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024

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“Walkabout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walkabout. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.

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