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travel

[trav-uhl] / ˈtræv əl /




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Caltrans has advised that motorists follow signs and traffic controls, as well as allow for extra travel time through the affected area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

But Unite said NatWest's decision was "out of touch with the realities facing its workforce", with many facing higher travel and childcare costs.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Even if the extra charges are annoying, they effectively result in relatively more affluent and less price-sensitive customers subsidizing travel for everyone else.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Thanks to favorable physics, AM signals also travel much farther—I once picked up a station in Chicago at nighttime while driving through North Carolina.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I thought nothing could travel faster than light,” Katherine said, acting proud that she knew that.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

His travels sparked a desire to invest outside the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I figure we have a few big travels left in us before large expenditures stop.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

"But as the beam travels forward, spinning regions appear and separate out -- almost as if the spin was hiding and then revealed itself."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

At a Georgia location opened in 2024, food travels from an elevated kitchen to employees below on a conveyor system designed to deliver a meal every six seconds.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Whatever had happened, the light would have reached them almost instantly, but sound travels much slower.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Earlier this month, Hurts traveled for a game in London, where he was first diagnosed with a superficial vein thrombosis in his left calf.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Hurts has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and a bilateral pulmonary emboli, the statement said, meaning a blood clot has traveled from his legs to his lungs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

The BBC’s Nadine Yousif traveled to Buck Lake to speak with the close-knit Pietsch family, who have a father and son on either side of the debate.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I traveled to New York, Dallas and back since last week’s newsletter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Aunt Kitty glanced over my shoulder, and I suddenly became aware of how far my voice must have traveled despite my speaking through a clenched jaw.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

He had campaigned in the south of France, where he held rallies attended by supporters who travelled across the border to see him.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

A team has travelled to Nikumaroro Island, part of Kiribati, hoping to solve the mystery of the famed aviator's disappearance by investigating the so-called Taraia Object, spotted in the atoll's lagoon in aerial imagery.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

He told the BBC that his wife had travelled to Egypt to look after her elderly, sick mother, who had been undertaking 18-hour round trips to take food to el-Shazly's two brothers in detention.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"There are no more fish. They can't swim upstream," said fisherman Putta Muansaen, 67, who travelled overnight from northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The sad news met her at at Vevay, for the heat had driven them from Nice in May, and they had travelled slowly to Switzerland, by way of Genoa and the Italian lakes.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The State Department’s travel advice, last updated in May, says those traveling to France should avoid demonstrations, which it adds are common in the country and on rare occasions turn violent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The findings challenge the assumption that birds traveling enormous distances must have wings optimized primarily for efficient long-distance flight.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Caltrans said the deck replacement is necessary to preserve the structural integrity of the bridge and improve safety for maintenance workers, truck drivers and the traveling public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

For a time, Quaid and Savoie were traveling back and forth between Los Angeles and Nashville, but following the 2025 California wildfires, they decided to pull the plug on life on the West Coast.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

She’s been traveling for two days and nights.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The US on Monday issued an advisory asking citizens to reconsider travelling to the country over Ebola concerns.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Recent increases in wholesale oil prices have contributed to higher fuel costs, making travelling and transporting goods more expensive for charities, businesses and households.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The US has warned it citizens against travelling to Kenya, while neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Ethiopia and Somalia are also on alert.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Western embassies have also tightened travel advisories, with some warning against travelling to the kingdom.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

She made her journeys to see me in the night, travelling the whole distance on foot, after the performance of her day’s work.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass


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