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traverse

[trav-ers, truh-vurs] / ˈtræv ərs, trəˈvɜrs /




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The ride will feature multiple launches, reach a height of 107 feet and traverse 3,380 feet of track, which is more than a half mile.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Xi is expected to traverse the entire capital during his visit Wednesday, including a stop at the Grand Egyptian Museum overlooking the Giza Pyramids.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 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

But even regular visitors would benefit from picking out a smaller section to traverse: Inwood to West Harlem or the East Village to Battery Park.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Tim Madsen, descending with Beidleman’s group, happened to glance up from the Balcony around 5:20 and saw Fischer as he began the traverse.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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 course traverses the city, starting off in Stormont in east Belfast then heading south.

From BBC May 3, 2026

Because Mr. Wyman’s story traverses the Neolithic and Urban Revolutions, Childe’s shadow looms large in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

It traverses no notable eminences at all in Pennsylvania, offers no particularly memorable vistas, visits no national parks or forests, and overlooks the state’s considerable history.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

Before the Gulf crisis, about 70 oil and natural gas tankers traversed the Strait of Hormuz every day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

A description says it happened over Lake Huron in February 2023, around the time that a Chinese surveillance balloon traversed the United States, spurring increased scrutiny of UFOs.

From BBC May 22, 2026

On the far side of that fence, the terrain cants steeply down, but it is not too steep to be traversed by foot.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

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

Not many indoor cats like leashes or traversing the great outdoors with their person.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 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

Vasquez’s fears stemmed less from corporate backlash and more from his past life as a raver traversing Orange County and L.A.’s late-night scenes.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

I will finally be at sea, traversing the waterways into the oceans, like the adventurers you so love to read about in your precious novels.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys




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