traverse
Example Sentences
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It is through language that we, as humans, traverse the chasm separating us from one another.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
From tolls as steep as $2 million per ship External link to exorbitant insurance rates External link for the risky voyage, many ship operators aren’t willing to traverse the strait even if technically it’s open.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Reports say this careful selection of judges, representing different genders, religions, castes and regions, will help "lend wider legitimacy to a verdict that will inevitably traverse contested terrain".
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Each passing week tankers can’t traverse the narrow waterway, the world loses 70 million barrels of oil, as well as a host of other products vital for chip manufacturing, medical equipment and consumer goods.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Half an hour later they were making a long traverse across a deeper slope that edged further to the north and delivered them at last to another valley, another little stream.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing traverse
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