traverse
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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
Shipping traffic remains throttled in the Strait of Hormuz, a trade route off Iran’s coast that fully a third of the world’s seagoing oil exports traverse in a normal year.
From Slate • Mar. 11, 2026
The book’s passages spiral out from the exhausted major’s days in the Arabian Desert to traverse the duration of his lengthy and accomplished military career.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Iranian media reported on Monday that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp. had closed the Strait of Hormuz, promising to fire on any ship that attempts to traverse it, according to a Reuters report.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026
If we made the heat shield and outer hull detachable, they could ditch a lot of weight after landing at Ares 3, and have a lighter ship for the traverse to Ares 4.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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The Martian
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