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traipse

[trayps] / treɪps /


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But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026

But I still had to traipse to the group bathrooms and showers and couldn’t eat or drink there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

“I had to come downstairs late at night in my pajamas to a kitchen filled with six people and traipse through them,” Glusac, a writer, said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025

A traipse to London is no longer a necessity.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

I didn’t have time to traipse over to Welch for clothes.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

On her character’s wedding day, Colman traipses into the church like it’s a prank, then nervously straightens up as she realizes this ceremony is serious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Social media, along with all the other forms of mass communication we perpetually have at our fingertips, makes it not just easy to express every insight that traipses through our minds, but almost obligatory.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2022

Schumer, whose flip phone is a ubiquitous presence next to his ear as he traipses the Capitol, has been similarly chatty with administration officials after lawmakers left Washington until at least April 20.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020

Like “An Unfinished Piece,” “Country Life” traipses between tragedy and farce.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2018

Mr. Sheehan’s expert bass licks are evident on “Forever and Back,” a rather experimental track that traipses a bit off Mr. Big’s beaten style path.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2017

In search of someone to teach him the art, Francis traipsed around Los Angeles looking for an internship.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025

In 2021, he traipsed for five months and 2,000 miles between London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Dublin and Belfast; before climbing Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike.

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

Survivors traipsed through muck to find drinking water, power, Wi-Fi and cell service.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2024

He likely traipsed through poison oak while out in the wilderness and the swelling in his paws had not subsided as of Thursday, Dawes said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

Everyone traipsed back to the castle for a quick wash and then the Gryffindors hurried off to Transfiguration.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

As the first ray of sun hit on an unexpectedly frosty August morning, a few hundred just-graduated Ukrainian paratroopers were traipsing across a corn and rapeseed field, preparing for their first jump.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Everyone has an era in which they can reel off the details of every final - those childhood-turned-teenage years when the kits, colours, goalscorers and captains traipsing Wembley's steep steps are etched in the memory.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Through the crack under the closet door, she said, she saw feet traipsing through the bedroom and heard men whispering in a foreign language.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

So in order to fly the tricolore in Milan, they would have had to give up their multimillion NHL salaries and spend a couple seasons traipsing around the Alps for virtually nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“What made them come traipsing over here, I wonder?” he said.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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