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traverse

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




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Gulf Coast or carrying U.S. crude to destinations in Asia—to reroute toward the Middle East and traverse the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

“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

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

From Science Daily May 22, 2026

Feel this, for instance, when Harry and pals traverse the moving staircase.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

If we made the heat shield and outer hull detachable, they could ditch a lot of weight after landing at Ares 3, and have a lighter ship for the traverse to Ares 4.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Even when it traverses difficult terrain, though, the story emerges on the other side with another layer to add to its ongoing consideration of what it means to live free in America.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

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

From BBC May 3, 2026

Combined with the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz—some 20% of the world’s oil traverses through the narrow waterway—$150 oil may not be so far-fetched.

From Barron's Mar. 7, 2026

Together, they ignite a passionate romance that traverses decades and endures brutal separations, wars and time travel.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2026

She turns right, then left, traverses half a block and steps neatly through the open door of a shop.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Volunteers and paid canvassers have traversed neighborhoods on foot to talk to local businesses.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 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

They traversed the Khangai Mountains to reach the shores of Lake Khövsgöl - aka the Blue Pearl of Mongolia.

From BBC May 21, 2026

The wolf — known as BEY03F — essentially traversed the Sierra Nevada in the span of three to four days, a feat Hunnicutt believes was made possible by a low snowpack this season.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2026

While he descended the three floors, piece by piece, in clumsy, grasping hand grips, Sheed traversed the debris, nimble as always.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

Charles McQuarn, 77, said traversing the neighborhood means zigzagging around all the hazards.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

The pressure is all the greater given the doldrums the whole games industry has been traversing for more than two years, Blanchet noted.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

The 57 bus travels through both kinds of neighborhoods, traversing an eleven-mile path from one end of the city to the other.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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