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journey

[jur-nee] / ˈdΚ’Ιœr ni /




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On the journey back to London, his condition deteriorated to such an extent that a decision was taken to divert the team coach to a hospital in Nottingham so he could receive treatment.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Different characters — villains and helpers — pop up along his journey, as well as different tools and weapons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

“This journey across America offers a glimpse into a new era of aviation, ” Chief Executive JoeBen Bevirt said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Because propellant is the spacecraft's main consumable resource, every kilogram saved during its journey can potentially translate into additional years of scientific observations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

On Clare’s journey out of the dump, the scent of bonfires began to snake through the trees.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

A freight railroad from Tehran to Xi’an in eastern China has jumped from once-a-week journeys to every three or four days since the blockade started, according to the state-controlled Tehran Times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the new trains would deliver "faster, more reliable journeys to the north and thousands of British jobs for the next generation".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

"If support does not increase, more patients will face longer journeys, fewer treatment options and greater risk of arriving too late for care," MSF's UK humanitarian representative Liz Harding said.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

It is concentrated in short routes, such as between-factory round trips; most diesel is burned on long journeys where charging infrastructure is lagging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Years ago he had made her a box to hold her favorite books on all their journeys, short and long, near and far.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

A group of U.S. executives also journeyed to Caracas to discuss potential investments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

He and his family journeyed for hundreds of miles by cart from Tartu in southern Estonia to Hamburg in northern Germany.

From BBC ● Apr. 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

She pined away sitting on the ground out-of-doors where she could watch him, turning her face and following him with her eyes as he journeyed over the sky.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

Today, the island can only be reached at low tide - and people are advised to check the tide times before journeying over.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 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

Over the past 18 years Noah’s Ark has hosted more than a million visitors, with about 50,000 people journeying through the space each year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

I hear: “You’re always journeying whether you like it or not.”

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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