road trip
noun
1
: a trip taken by a sports team to play one or more away games
2
: an extended trip in a motor vehicle
Examples of road trip in a Sentence
The team won three of five games on its road trip.
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To help travelers create their own Route 66 road trip itinerary, Tripadvisor's in-house creative studio Wanderlab partnered with Choice Hotels International to recently launch an interactive guide to the best stops along the famous highway, called Century of Route 66.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
By the time Lindsay was ready for the road trip, her car was loaded to the roof with king cakes, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and a Praline king cake challah.
—Lindsay Baach Friedmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
We road trip from our home in Birmingham to his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, multiple times a year.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2026
Like against Mississippi State, that game served as the front leg of Arkansas' last two-game road trip in the SEC.
—Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
By the time Lindsay was ready for the road trip, her car was loaded to the roof with king cakes, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, and a Praline king cake challah.
—Lindsay Baach Friedmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
We road trip from our home in Birmingham to his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, multiple times a year.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2026
Like against Mississippi State, that game served as the front leg of Arkansas' last two-game road trip in the SEC.
—Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Road trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20trip. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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