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traipse

[trayps] / treɪps /


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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

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

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

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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