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traverse

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




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"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

In June, thousands came to Tunkhannock Viaduct in Pennsylvania to see it traverse the concrete arch bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Of course, we also go for stories that are larger than life, that traverse beyond this realm into a place that only movies can go.

From Salon Jul. 17, 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

Looking through the window, I saw him traverse the garden.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

“This technology will help us find Luke Skywalker as he traverses the universe in his X-Wing. This technology is a necessary, necessary force.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 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

He traverses the cellar until he finds Volkheimer in the gold armchair.

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

In particular, most of China’s oil imports in recent years traversed the Strait of Malacca, near Singapore.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

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

Colossal co-founder and CEO Ben Lamm acknowledged that a long road will have to be traversed to move from hatching baby chickens to resurrecting the moa by email.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

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

From BBC May 21, 2026

In the beginning, he traversed the world for opposition.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

By the end of the second hour—partly spent traversing grid-patterned streets to avoid an accident—I was bewitched.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Indonesia and Singapore vowed on Monday that the Strait of Malacca, a critical oil transit chokepoint in the region, will remain "accessible" even as Iran imposes fees on ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's Jul. 6, 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

There are vendors traversing the crowd around you, selling refreshments and oddities, creations flavored with vanilla and honey, chocolate and cinnamon.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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