traverse

Example Sentences

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Each passing week tankers can’t traverse the narrow waterway, the world loses 70 million barrels of oil, as well as a host of other products vital for chip manufacturing, medical equipment and consumer goods.

From The Wall Street Journal

At this point of the season, the show has traversed a number of topics, including healthcare costs — a running theme — drug addiction, multiple traumatic incidents and detained immigrants, which comes to the fore here.

From Los Angeles Times

The fate of the global oil markets—and the global economy—rests on whether ships can traverse the 22-mile-wide waterway from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.

From Barron's

The fate of the global oil markets—and the global economy—rests on whether ships can traverse the 22-mile-wide waterway from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.

From Barron's

"The problem arises when the favela ceases to be a vibrant, complex neighborhood traversed by structural inequalities and becomes merely an exotic contrast or a backdrop for impactful content."

From Barron's