traverse
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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
"It's quite literally impossible to traverse, whether on foot or in a vehicle, from the other side into this area. Furthermore, this is not the will of the people of this region."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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
Cummings has a wider range to traverse as Arnold, whose repressed rage eventually has to find an outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The ground that was once lush and green, filled with bushes and flowers, is now dead and buried under outdoor tents and food carts, where thousands of shoppers traverse everyday.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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Muratov traverses miles of road and centuries of culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
People picking up their burgers never know that their order traverses two states and bounces back before they can even start driving to the pickup window.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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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
They traversed the Khangai Mountains to reach the shores of Lake Khövsgöl - aka the Blue Pearl of Mongolia.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
On Tuesday, two Chinese tankers carrying crude oil traversed the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
Why, in the past twenty-four hours alone, she had traversed a forest on foot in uncomfortable boots, spent the night in a cave, and befriended a terrifying wolf.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Jamie Peva has spent over three decades selling Georgetown real estate, often traversing the historic neighborhood by bicycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
The “falling backwards” Daphne experiences in Eddie’s company — traversing time — soothes, softens and delights her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Because traversing this unfriendly territory would be difficult, Tisquantum began looking for a ride to Patuxet.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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