as in excursions
a short trip for pleasure
just a little weekend sashay we took to get away from it all
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as in struts
to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements
the svelte young models sashayed down the catwalk with practiced insouciance
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
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The louche festivities provoke dangerous gamesmanship, and scenes with a jazz band and a lively singer (Sophie Oliver) capture the evening’s reckless spirit, as Hedda coaxes couples onto the dance floor and then struts and sashays among and between them.
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He high-steps, air-guitars, and sashays around as a program who abandoned his once-rebellious origins to survive the danger of the Grid.
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The best—and arguably most fun—way to support them is by booking a seat on a vintage stainless steel passenger car for one of their many excursions now boarding in Nashville.—
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The concierge team can make anything a reality from a private day trip with a gourmet picnic to visiting Hot Springs Cove via boat or floatplane, to bear-watching excursions with local outfitter James Whaling Station.—
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At the Barclays, Ellie struts the halls—all eyes are on her and her entourage.—
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The only actor who looks at home here is Chloë Sevigny as Kim, the resident Yale Philosophy Department psychotherapist, who struts through the movie in a series of baggy suits and a curly bowl haircut that wouldn’t be out of place on the Beverly Hillbillies’ Miss Jane Hathaway.—
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Advances in technology have made their travels via bicycle possible.—
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In recent years, Brinkley has continued modeling, acting and advocating for healthy living, frequently posting snapshots from her travels and everyday life.—
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This specification refers to how fast a motor spins per volt applied.—
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The food here is in its own giddy league, with Chef Guiseppe Raciti winning Zash its Michelin star in 2019 for his experimental spins of Sicilian classics.—
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Since most large-scale tours don’t begin until late spring or summer, now is an ideal time to see artists who might not have household-name recognition.—
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Riesenberg, who is an owner at Backcountry Snowmobiling in Park City, Utah, said customers have been canceling their tours due to a lack of snow.—
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Our setting is 13th-century England and our subject a mysterious creature who stalks the foggy countryside, ready to pounce on errant villagers.—
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This masterful horror novel about a vengeful vampire who stalks a reservation is told through interviews which gives it a spine-tingling realism.—
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Out with a potential love interest one evening, in a packed Manhattan comedy club, Tess is startled when Alex strides up to the microphone.—
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Football watchers are stacking up losses on their betting slips and fantasy records, but after every one of these aesthetically bankrupt displays, Nick Sirianni strides to the podium as coach of an undefeated team.—
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“Sashays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sashays. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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