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travel

[trav-uhl] / ˈtræv əl /




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I paid $370 including taxes and fees for a four-day, electric-vehicle rental from Budget to travel 500 miles around the Olympic Peninsula from Seattle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"We have apologised to customers for the delay to their journey, and our teams are working hard to get their travel plans back on track," they said.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

"No one knows the exact line of travel but at its base, this technology is real," said Goldman Sachs Chief Executive David Solomon.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Riders can download the app and travel across L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

It had taken them more than thirteen days to travel from Anchorage to Ikuma.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Under those conditions, the beam can initially have no spin, yet distinct regions with spinning behavior emerge as it travels through free space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

"But as the beam travels forward, spinning regions appear and separate out -- almost as if the spin was hiding and then revealed itself."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

At a Georgia location opened in 2024, food travels from an elevated kitchen to employees below on a conveyor system designed to deliver a meal every six seconds.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

In this video, The Wall Street Journal analyzes Albanian court documents, travels to the development areas and speaks to the villagers at the heart of disputes over land ownership.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Edda,” I introduced myself, wondering somehow if this was all really happening, or whether exhaustion from my travels was causing an elaborate hallucination.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

She also had a close friend who traveled with her overseas for a vacation during the worst of the breakouts, and mentioned in passing that she’d never even noticed Montalbo’s acne.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The EU’s top trade negotiator, Maros Sefcovic, traveled to Beijing earlier this month for talks with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Because these molecules could be detected as they moved, the scientists were able to follow the fluid's path and determine where it traveled.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Paxton has traveled frequently out of state while listing little on his official calendar, The Associated Press reported last week.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Block after block they traveled, but the brave little ship stayed in view the whole time, just as the moon does.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

At 17, she is alleged to have travelled to an IS-controlled area of Syria in late 2016 or early 2017, via Russia and Turkey.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

BBC Panorama investigated the same incident and travelled to Helmand to visit the site of the shooting.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The account, presented by the agency's emergency director, Dr Wessam Mankoula, provides the clearest picture yet of how the businessman travelled thousands of kilometres while growing increasingly unwell.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Another showed a bridge over the Panama Canal shaking violently but remaining upright as vehicles travelled across it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

We travelled for ten days before we were ensconced in Precambrian rock and vicious pine.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Capobianco is traveling to Manaus again on Wednesday, accompanied by the justice minister, federal police investigators, and intelligence agents to "identify those responsible."

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Even as the light beam changes shape while traveling, its topological structure remains, influencing how different regions of the beam evolve.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Michael Krivor, a marine archaeologist on the trip, said he is currently concerned about a weather pattern traveling from east to west that could interfere with "safe transit in and out of the blasted channels".

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

She shares her favorite spots for visitors traveling for the New York City marathon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

However, you’ll recall that Clare was now traveling toward the heart of an open realm, and his speed was amplified by the pull of Progress.

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

He had been travelling widely, and without incident, for the past year.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

It has had some cases this year - mostly among people travelling from DR Congo - but was declared free of the disease in August.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

AFP reporters travelling from Pensacola to nearby Destin saw relatively minor damage, with electricity workers repairing power lines along mostly clear roads.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

An off-duty pilot travelling on the plane was then able to take the controls and land the aircraft safely in Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Faster and faster he went and soon he was travelling at such a speed that the landscape became blurred.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl




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