traverse
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“Neuromancer,” one of the defining cyberpunk novels, was published in 1988; that book imagines an interconnected, virtual reality world you can traverse by “jacking in.”
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
The bridge pinches off faster than light could traverse it, rendering it non-traversable.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Feel this, for instance, when Harry and pals traverse the moving staircase.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 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
The giant metal “drift tubes” suspended inside the cylinder, which the deuteron beam would traverse, each weighed several tons.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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