traipse
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And then, upon reaching Georgia, they should turn around and do a traipse northward to Maine, because next season’s not looking so hot, either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
“I had to come downstairs late at night in my pajamas to a kitchen filled with six people and traipse through them,” Glusac, a writer, said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025
A traipse to London is no longer a necessity.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024
“The kitchen’s a million miles away from the family room, Milt. Every time you want a snack you have to traipse all the way across the house.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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George Cukor’s black-and-white vision traipses its heroines through dress fittings, manicures and facials, day drinking and backstabbing all the way, save for an interruption by a Technicolor fashion show.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
Pacific, he traipses the globe trying different breads and bread-related products while uncovering stories of how these staples relate to migration, labor and his own family history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
Schumer, whose flip phone is a ubiquitous presence next to his ear as he traipses the Capitol, has been similarly chatty with administration officials after lawmakers left Washington until at least April 20.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2020
Set in 1979 New York, it traipses from the Mudd Club to Studio 54.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2018
Mr. Sheehan’s expert bass licks are evident on “Forever and Back,” a rather experimental track that traipses a bit off Mr. Big’s beaten style path.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
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In search of someone to teach him the art, Francis traipsed around Los Angeles looking for an internship.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
In 2021, he traipsed for five months and 2,000 miles between London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Dublin and Belfast; before climbing Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Scafell Pike.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
The audience was stacked with celebrity guests applauding the classic sketch clips traipsed when former cast members and famous fans weren't recreating them live.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2025
Survivors traipsed through muck to find drinking water, power, Wi-Fi and cell service.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2024
Chiltington and the others traipsed off to have breakfast, but Kyle and Akimi stayed with the holographic librarian.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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The pack of dogs had been roaming onto an oil field in Oxnard, traipsing onto private property and walking perilously close to vehicular traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
As the first ray of sun hit on an unexpectedly frosty August morning, a few hundred just-graduated Ukrainian paratroopers were traipsing across a corn and rapeseed field, preparing for their first jump.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
One visitor is 4 feet long, traipsing across the lawn in back of my condo, utterly unafraid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The kind of bowl you crave after traipsing home through slushy streets with cold fingers.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2025
“No. We were led here, and here my looking ends. I can’t go traipsing through the state like some old fool, searching out psychics. I’m not meant to do it and I won’t.”
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
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