traverse
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In June, thousands came to Tunkhannock Viaduct in Pennsylvania to see it traverse the concrete arch bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
“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 east to west, there was no faster way to traverse the long oval of the city than by underground boat.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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However paradoxical it may seem, it has a directly measurable effect on the atomic cloud that the photon traverses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
A coming-of-age trilogy that traverses icy seas and snowy mountains concludes among the everyday struggles of an Icelandic village.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Even when it traverses difficult terrain, though, the story emerges on the other side with another layer to add to its ongoing consideration of what it means to live free in America.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
The course traverses the city, starting off in Stormont in east Belfast then heading south.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
As one moves along a north-south axis, one traverses zones differing greatly in climate, habitat, rainfall, day length, and diseases of crops and livestock.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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They all high-fived, asked about each other’s families and went to dote on Ali’s 1-year-old daughter — Krug’s granddaughter, Eloise — who wore a shirt that traversed 50 years of family and friendship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
A description says it happened over Lake Huron in February 2023, around the time that a Chinese surveillance balloon traversed the United States, spurring increased scrutiny of UFOs.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Colossal co-founder and CEO Ben Lamm acknowledged that a long road will have to be traversed to move from hatching baby chickens to resurrecting the moa by email.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
As his wealth grew, Hui traversed the world in private jets and invested in a soccer club, hospitals and grain and oil businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
They traversed the slope of the ridge till it dipped into the head of the valley, and there, sure enough, among ferns and reeds, a spring bubbled out of the rock.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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And the three-hour performance was a reminder that his global success didn't happen overnight, with him digging deep into his eight-year discography - traversing trap and reggaeton fusions.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Vasquez’s fears stemmed less from corporate backlash and more from his past life as a raver traversing Orange County and L.A.’s late-night scenes.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
At least by someone who has spent four months traversing the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
The pressure is all the greater given the doldrums the whole games industry has been traversing for more than two years, Blanchet noted.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
The rover was made for traversing extremely rugged terrain, often at steep angles.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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