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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But this time the Russian plane wasn’t on a bombing sortie.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Demonstrating the leverage of stealth, the F-117—the first operational stealth attack aircraft—flew less than two percent of the total combat sorties during Desert Storm, but struck over 40 percent of the target base.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The first aerial sorties went up at midnight on Bastille Day, July 14.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
If those troops or pilots got themselves into trouble, NATO member states bordering Ukraine would come under considerable pressure to fly air defense sorties out of their own bases to assist European forces in Ukraine.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Demonstrating the leverage of stealth, the F-117—the first operational stealth attack aircraft—flew less than two percent of the total combat sorties during Desert Storm, but struck over 40 percent of the target base.
—David A. Deptula, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
The first aerial sorties went up at midnight on Bastille Day, July 14.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
If those troops or pilots got themselves into trouble, NATO member states bordering Ukraine would come under considerable pressure to fly air defense sorties out of their own bases to assist European forces in Ukraine.
—Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Sortie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sortie. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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