Thesaurus results for PEREGRINATE

peregrinate

verb

ˈper-ə-grə-ˌnāt

Definition of peregrinate

as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States

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as in to travel

to take a trip especially of some distance a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland

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This ring, traversing the sky for hours after dusk and before dawn, would outshine every star and planet, and be visible from every spot on Earth.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 20 July 2026
The Golden State might be a West Coast utopia, but then Californians live on a fault line that traverses most of it.

— Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

Definition of traverse

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Stories about Chin traveled through Kerrville as quickly as the floodwaters.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Hugo Ekitike, Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley, who are still recovering from long-term injuries, are set to travel and continue their rehab in the States.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of travel

Verb

Gas first crossed the $4 mark, a psychologically important threshold, on March 31, a month into the conflict.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Previous World Cups were concentrated within one nation, but this year supporters often crossed international borders, making the multi-country experience part of the tournament's appeal.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of cross

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The Plex Solo Pro pitches using a single trekking pole for a sharp, single-point peak height of 52 in (132 cm) and a series of six to 10 stakes.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026
Related Stories Alemán is the first human in history to have completed the Triple Grand Slam of Travel, visiting all 193 countries recognized by the United Nations, trekking to both the North and South Poles and traveling to space.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 17 July 2026

Definition of trek

Verb

Some believe Warriors majority owner Joe Lacob cares more about maximizing their long-term future following Curry’s eventual retirement than maximizing their current present with Curry still playing at an All-Star caliber level.

— Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
January 20 – February 18 Your message may need more discipline before people can follow it.

— Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of follow

Verb

However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
When a blight hits the island, the result of a curse that began when Maui stole a gem representing the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, Moana gets her quest and excuse to voyage — to find the missing Maui and force him to return the stone.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of voyage

Verb

Graham said, in one case, staff helped arrange transportation after a school required a young mother to walk more than a mile to a bus stop while carrying her baby, books and backpack.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Its robotics exhibits ranged from humanoids that could walk, run and manipulate objects to quadrupeds and mobile rovers built for difficult terrain.

— Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of walk

Verb

When their time-travel adventure creates an alternate reality, the pair must journey into Wonderland to stop the villainous Maddox Hatter (Leonardo Nam) and rescue the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora).

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
On July 13, the moon will journey through its sensitive domicile, Cancer, setting the emotional tone before renewing itself (during tomorrow’s new moon) and kicking off a brand-new lunar cycle.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

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