traverse
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“It’s not easy to traverse all of these worlds, but it’s part of what makes him so unique,” says his older sister and manager, the director Kanyessa McMahon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Book a ride with Cavalos na Areia, whose guided excursions also traverse pine forests and rice fields before arriving at the beach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"It's quite literally impossible to traverse, whether on foot or in a vehicle, from the other side into this area. Furthermore, this is not the will of the people of this region."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Of course, we also go for stories that are larger than life, that traverse beyond this realm into a place that only movies can go.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Moving slowly but steadily, I made a rising leftward traverse across the top of the Lhotse Face, then ascended a prow of shattered black schist called the Geneva Spur.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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“This technology will help us find Luke Skywalker as he traverses the universe in his X-Wing. This technology is a necessary, necessary force.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
However paradoxical it may seem, it has a directly measurable effect on the atomic cloud that the photon traverses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
A coming-of-age trilogy that traverses icy seas and snowy mountains concludes among the everyday struggles of an Icelandic village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Even when it traverses difficult terrain, though, the story emerges on the other side with another layer to add to its ongoing consideration of what it means to live free in America.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
A couple of weeks after Enrique disappears, his paternal grandmother, Maria, traverses Tegucigalpa to talk to Enrique’s relatives and Maria Isabel.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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Helenio Herrera, the Argentine-born defender reared in Casablanca and Paris, had already traversed the dugouts of Atletico Madrid, Malaga, Deportivo and Barcelona before landing in Milan in 1960.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
This space has been traversed for nearly four months by Jared Kushner, whom I first met about 18 months ago, when he introduced himself after a foreign policy lecture I had given.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
They all high-fived, asked about each other’s families and went to dote on Ali’s 1-year-old daughter — Krug’s granddaughter, Eloise — who wore a shirt that traversed 50 years of family and friendship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Volunteers and paid canvassers have traversed neighborhoods on foot to talk to local businesses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
How could two such different cultural universes maintain themselves across a calm strait only 10 miles wide and routinely traversed by canoes?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The production’s adventurousness, traversing every corner of Brad Bentz’s scenic design, can have a diffuse effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
For most people, spending 22 hours traversing the entire New York City subway system sounds like a nightmare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Indonesia and Singapore vowed on Monday that the Strait of Malacca, a critical oil transit chokepoint in the region, will remain "accessible" even as Iran imposes fees on ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
And the three-hour performance was a reminder that his global success didn't happen overnight, with him digging deep into his eight-year discography - traversing trap and reggaeton fusions.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
They have pressure seals, allowing the occupants to drive without space suits during long periods traversing the surface.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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