traverse
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Feel this, for instance, when Harry and pals traverse the moving staircase.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
On Friday morning, Iran declared that the strait was finally reopened for all commercial, nonmilitary ships hoping to traverse the essential waterway, provided that all entrants follow a “coordinated route” determined by Iranian authorities.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
The fate of the global oil markets—and the global economy—rests on whether ships can traverse the 22-mile-wide waterway from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
The book’s passages spiral out from the exhausted major’s days in the Arabian Desert to traverse the duration of his lengthy and accomplished military career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Every day a new place, a complex, winding traverse over the varied topography of this appealing planet.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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