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journey

[jur-nee] / ˈdʒɜr ni /




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Once the scientific work was complete, the rover resumed its journey and soon surpassed the previous distance record.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The technology could help generate driving plans for the many individual segments of a longer journey, providing guidance that Perseverance's AutoNav system can use to navigate the terrain.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her journey home took her through Colombia and across the Venezuelan border into the state of Táchira.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

"I just want Teddy's story to be known so that the next person coming behind us doesn't have to go through this excruciating journey that we have."

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Besides, even if I had wanted to flee, Father had become so frail in body and mind that he could not have endured such a journey.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

As missions involve longer journeys and increasingly complex operations, the team wants to reduce the time and resources needed to plan safe routes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Their two paths to power — which led them on vastly different journeys through different countries, organizations and governmental roles — left them on a collision course to lead Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Bowen also said longer journeys for appointments were more common and older patients were "not really comfortable" driving to hospitals in unfamiliar areas.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

I typically write Don’t Short Yourself every week with readers in mind who have just begun their financial journeys.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

"That is the outside air we hear, Marlie! We have climbed far in these caverns. We must surely be almost at our journeys end."

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

I’d journeyed 6,500 miles from my home in Nashville, and I was here to win.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

Misley Mandarin, one of the British-Chagossians who journeyed to the territory, said he had come "peacefully, respectfully, and without threat to anyone - simply to stand on our homeland again".

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Humans have journeyed roughly 25 billion km beyond our planet, yet drilling beneath Earth's surface has only reached a depth of just over 12 km.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2026

Between the 1930s and the 1970s, German ethnologist Hans Himmelheber journeyed across Ivory Coast amassing a collection of ritual objects.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

His eyes journeyed from her face to her feet.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Evan Mills, a financial advisor at Scholar Advising who works with SpaceX employees, previously told MarketWatch that many of those employees believe in the company’s long-term vision, which includes journeying to Mars.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

Well, I have just had the privilege of spending a month journeying - literally and figuratively - through some of the divisions that define modern Britain, for a Radio 4 series.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

That’s a worthy destination for the journeying Mr. Burnham.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The four astronauts on NASA's Artemis 2 mission began their fifth day journeying to the Moon on Sunday, after already taking in sights of the lunar surface never before seen by human eyes.

From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026

It is true that young rabbits are great migrants and capable of journeying for miles, but they do not take to it readily.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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