Thesaurus results for SALLIES

sallies 1 of 2

noun

plural of sally

as in excursions

a short trip for pleasure a morning sally out to see the historic monuments around the city

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as in jokes

something said or done to cause laughter the final sally made her laugh, and that ended the argument

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sallies

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sally

as in traps

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Noun

By the 20th century, summer excursions to the Highlands were a fixture of the aristocratic calendar, with transatlantic visitors soon joining the English to shoot, fish, and feign indifference to horizontal rain.

— Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad provides a fun way to take in the autumn scenery, with plenty of family-friendly excursions on the schedule.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

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There was nothing particularly novel about the show’s premise, but the scripts were refreshingly dense with jokes, prioritizing laughs over contrived drama or seasonlong relationship arcs.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
The order, which directs federal officials to formalize the name change within 30 days, quickly sparked backlash, jokes and parody proposals.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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But the heat dome, an area of high pressure that traps warm air beneath it, isn’t just sending temperatures soaring.

— Tyler Ory, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Nestling them together traps enough steam to help the interiors soften before the potatoes shrink slightly, giving them room to brown.

— Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of traps

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In the novel, Paradella cannot seem to finish the translation, due to distractions, heartbreaks, travels, and misplacements of the manuscript.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Paine, who works in technology by day — and intends to keep that career — has dabbled in winemaking for many years during his world military travels.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

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There was nothing particularly novel about the show’s premise, but the scripts were refreshingly dense with jokes, prioritizing laughs over contrived drama or seasonlong relationship arcs.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
The series remains perpetually glum, refusing to project any light behind a conceit begging for a few laughs.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Aug. 2026

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Engineers completed 27 autonomous intercepts across eight sorties using the X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft, better known as VISTA.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
SpaceX aims to transfer cryogenic propellants between Starships in LEO, perhaps late this year or next year, in a precursor experiment for future large-scale refueling sorties to support Moon landings for NASA’s Artemis program.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Definition of sorties

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The result is an incredible repository of vexations, bafflements, witticisms, and brilliancies.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The initial experience of Shakespeare’s meter leads to a world of discovery of a man who quite literally changed the world with witticisms and insight and has shaped every corner of humanity since the 16th century.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026

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