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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

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

Joining with the main cast, the new Buzzes enact the series’ trademark high jinks about the silly maneuvering it takes for toys to traverse the types of barriers that humans can easily negotiate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The bridge pinches off faster than light could traverse it, rendering it non-traversable.

From Science Daily May 22, 2026

The sheer volume of people is nerve-racking, but the joy in being able to leave his flat whenever he chooses outweighs his fear of accidentally bumping into passersby as he attempts to traverse the streets.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

A coming-of-age trilogy that traverses icy seas and snowy mountains concludes among the everyday struggles of an Icelandic village.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 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

Searching for their missing migrant children, a caravan of Central American mothers traverses Mexico with tireless, even superhuman determination.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 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

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

Volunteers and paid canvassers have traversed neighborhoods on foot to talk to local businesses.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 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

On a mission for his colony’s royal government in 1753-54, he traversed the Appalachians on an epic journey through what is now West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio to French-controlled territory in the upper Midwest.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

“Easy for you to say. You’ve traversed time and space. Where you come from, I bet everyone thinks good stuff about you.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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 pressure is all the greater given the doldrums the whole games industry has been traversing for more than two years, Blanchet noted.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

Often lately have I thought of a sentence in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s “A Time of Gifts,” his account of traversing Europe on foot in the early 1930s.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

We had to stop and walk a few times, traversing rickety wooden bridges stretching across ponds.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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