traverse

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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

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

Disregarding army notices alerting them to landmines, men and women traverse the dry, open ground that now stands where the ancient forest once grew.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Backcountry skiers traverse unpatrolled areas away from ski resorts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Today I had nothing to do but traverse four middling mountains over seven miles of well-marked trail in clear, dry weather.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson