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traverse

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




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Every year, over 1.5 million trucks traverse Blue Water Bridge, accounting for $42.2 billion in road trade, according to Canadian officials, with volumes expected to be down in the wake of the trade war.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

“Folks will be able to traverse past giant ancient redwoods to mighty rivers ... through lush vineyards, golden rolling hills.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

They all high-fived, asked about each other’s families and went to dote on Ali’s 1-year-old daughter — Krug’s granddaughter, Eloise — who wore a shirt that traversed 50 years of family and friendship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

In recent weeks, dozens of ships, some of them the world’s largest tankers laden with oil and liquefied natural gas, have traversed the dangerous crossing, The Wall Street Journal reported late last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

A description says it happened over Lake Huron in February 2023, around the time that a Chinese surveillance balloon traversed the United States, spurring increased scrutiny of UFOs.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

They’d traversed about half of what they could see of its length when Mark heard voices, then saw their source.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

For most people, spending 22 hours traversing the entire New York City subway system sounds like a nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Not many indoor cats like leashes or traversing the great outdoors with their person.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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

I will finally be at sea, traversing the waterways into the oceans, like the adventurers you so love to read about in your precious novels.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys


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