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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In French service, the speedy jets strictly fly air-to-air sorties with their pulse-Doppler RDY radars and MICA missiles.
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David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Within a couple of weeks of the first spraying sorties, Palo Alto police heard what sounded like gunshots as the helicopters passed overhead.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Fiat 500e: Tiny and inimitably Italian, this electric city car is Stellantis’ second sortie into modernizing and expanding the appeal of its many brands.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
Counting only sorties in which at least one weapon was released, about three-fourths of the action took place during the Obama years.
—Abc News, ABC News, 18 July 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Within a couple of weeks of the first spraying sorties, Palo Alto police heard what sounded like gunshots as the helicopters passed overhead.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Fiat 500e: Tiny and inimitably Italian, this electric city car is Stellantis’ second sortie into modernizing and expanding the appeal of its many brands.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
Counting only sorties in which at least one weapon was released, about three-fourths of the action took place during the Obama years.
—Abc News, ABC News, 18 July 2024
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortie. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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