travel
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Many credit cards include free zero-deductible collision coverage, similar to CDW, as long as you pay for the rental with your card, according to Rick Steves, an Edmonds, Wash.-based travel expert.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
She spent two days and a night adrift in the Andaman Sea off Bangladesh after the overcrowded vessel carrying about 280 people sank following four days of travel.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The excuse this time is that his wife Elizabeth wants to open her own travel agency, and can’t get a bank loan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The pair, dual British-US citizens, have been in the US since 2025, after Romanian prosecutors lifted a travel ban against them.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
I rush over and unpack Pierre from his travel case.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Evan Davis travels across the UK exploring the forces that are driving the UK apart, and he hears ideas to improve our sense of "social cohesion".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Her husband is a government contractor who travels often, which means childcare is always part of the equation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Port Kaituma is inland in the oil-rich Essequibo region, and the ferry travels along the coast in the Atlantic before heading upriver to reach its jungle destination.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Roughly 25% of all air cargo in the U.S. travels in the belly of commercial passenger jets, routinely exposing passengers to fire-prone shipments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
With a child's instinct, I knew the man was safe, for occasionally, strangers my grandfather had met on his travels came for a visit and wandered over to our property.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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In March, he traveled to the U.K., meeting an anti-abortion protester and the anti-immigration politician Nigel Farage.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
Nevertheless, large numbers of people gathered in the capital, some of whom had traveled hundreds of miles to join the protests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They traveled to Zurich, Switzerland, where they enlisted Dignitas, a Swiss nonprofit, to help Brian achieve a painless death.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
He and Clough have twice traveled to Houston for followups that could have been done by video conference, but not everyone can afford to do the same, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
His eyes traveled from the beaker to Betsie to me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Estevez travelled to Abu Dhabi in the spring of 2023, meeting with Tahnoon’s chief of staff at his villa, and visiting G42’s headquarters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
After completing his round DeChambeau travelled back to the scene of the incident at the fifth hole and was seen in animated discussions with a rules official.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The angry Yorkshireman did not want to profit off the disappointment of those who had travelled out to the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Zhang graduated from the prestigious Peking University in Beijing with a Spanish degree in 2010, and a year later travelled to Mexico to work for a Chinese-owned company that mined iron ore.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
“Yes, a young English lady. Very nice, very amiable. She had travelled from Baghdad.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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Last week, the family was traveling to Montreal but was initially unable to board their flight because one of his daughters had a problem with the spelling of her name on her ticket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The standard explanation is that marsupials reached Australia after traveling from South America through Antarctica, before the ancient supercontinent Gondwana split apart.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Quintessentially, a global concierge firm whose U.S. memberships begin at $25,000 a year, has handled preschool applications, pet procurement and six-month family sabbaticals with traveling tutors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The diplomats from Big Ranch have spent the past few weeks traveling around the continent, slathering it on escargot, quiches, croque monsieurs, kebabs, fish and chips, pierogies and raclette—or ranchclette.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
With the chairs set so close, M. S. Hashbaz could circle the entire table on our shoulders, purring furiously, traveling round and round.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Another maramaba noblewoman Tamu Rambu Margaretha -- widely known as Mama Margaretha -- has long sought to loosen the bonds of slavery in her village of Prailiu, even travelling to Jakarta to advocate emancipation.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
We can expect to see and hear plenty from the new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his senior ministers in the coming days, making arguments, travelling the country and trying to make an impact.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
It is then taken to a processing site in Machynlleth "so we're travelling a very short distance" where they have specialised composters.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Gannon, who left the CIA last year, has maintained his relationships in the U.A.E, travelling there frequently to make introductions between American executives and Emirati security officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The bullocks have found their own rhythm now, moving so that their hoofs strike the earth together and the yoke is borne steadily on their shoulders: we are travelling fast.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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