traverse
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Scientists, however, don’t believe this second coyote made a full traverse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Folks will be able to traverse past giant ancient redwoods to mighty rivers ... through lush vineyards, golden rolling hills.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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
From east to west, there was no faster way to traverse the long oval of the city than by underground boat.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Muratov traverses miles of road and centuries of culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
With nothing but a handheld camcorder, a man traverses endless corridors and rooms adorned with soft-chartreuse wallpaper.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
The highway traverses the ancestral homelands of more than 25 tribal nations.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
People picking up their burgers never know that their order traverses two states and bounces back before they can even start driving to the pickup window.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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These are places I’ve traversed, documented and obsessed over for years, culminating in my book “The Enduring Wild.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
As a young man, Francisco traversed it on horseback, eking out a living by draining resin from the towering pines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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
In recent weeks, clumps of ships, some of them the world’s largest tankers laden with oil and liquefied natural gas, have traversed the dangerous crossing, creating a tiny relief valve for the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Mornings as the streetcar traversed my ghetto I experienced a mixture of dread and trauma.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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First, we had Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars” with Jacob Elordi and a Belgian Malinois traversing a postapocalyptic landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Depending on whom you ask, there are three different world records for traversing the 50 stations and 131 miles of track that connect the Bay Area.
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
The rover was made for traversing extremely rugged terrain, often at steep angles.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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