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traverse

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




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I tend to avoid airports on my day off since I traverse them nonstop for this job.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

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 not easy to traverse all of these worlds, but it’s part of what makes him so unique,” says his older sister and manager, the director Kanyessa McMahon.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 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

Moving slowly but steadily, I made a rising leftward traverse across the top of the Lhotse Face, then ascended a prow of shattered black schist called the Geneva Spur.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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 highway traverses the ancestral homelands of more than 25 tribal nations.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2026

It traverses no notable eminences at all in Pennsylvania, offers no particularly memorable vistas, visits no national parks or forests, and overlooks the state’s considerable history.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

As Sauer traversed the peaks and valleys of the pile, wind blew ash into his eyes and throat.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 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

On day 20 of her journey, Catterall met her in Switzerland after she had traversed “a particularly spicy descent on a sketchy section of via ferrata,” according to Woods’ Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

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

From BBC May 21, 2026

Lourdes and her father traversed the island in his automobile, big and black as a Sunday-night church.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

“Under the deal, there had been a ramp up of oil tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz,” the analysts note.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 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

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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