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traverse

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




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“Neuromancer,” one of the defining cyberpunk novels, was published in 1988; that book imagines an interconnected, virtual reality world you can traverse by “jacking in.”

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

A plan was hatched to find two couples to traverse Europe—trying ranch with different foods, engaging with locals and filming themselves doing both.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The bridge pinches off faster than light could traverse it, rendering it non-traversable.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Older residents who need mobility aids such as walkers or wheelchairs are left without options to traverse their own neighborhoods because of the broken sidewalks, she told The Times afterward.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

In some town or city somewhere their wives and children live while the husbands traverse the nation carrying every kind of food and product and machine.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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