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as in traversed
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 traveled
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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Iran's near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz has thrown global oil trade into disarray, cutting off importers from around one-fifth of the global oil supply that traversed the waterway before the war.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
18 May 2026 -
Tehran denied that, but Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk subsequently confirmed that one of its ships had traversed the strait with US protection.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 May 2026
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Here was a man who had conquered eight halls of fame, had traveled the world many times over, and nothing compared to his home.—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Prosecutors allege Gitesatani traveled to Los Angeles to attend the protest.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 May 2026
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Jasper County is Newton County’s primary backup, followed by White County.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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That was followed by a pair of walks to load the bases with no outs.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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There’s also a gleeful sequence where the six members of the virtuosic onstage band swan around in polyester housecoats and peroxide wigs, all representing H’s childhood piano teacher, Doris, a woman who toured with Horowitz and sounds like Foghorn Leghorn with a pack-a-day Virginia Slims habit.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Johnson toured the track Monday as the first concrete barriers were arriving on the base.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
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Martin crossed home plate to tie the score at 9, but Heher was tagged out at home by Blue Jays junior catcher Clay Hartje.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
23 May 2026
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Of the seven competitors, only two crossed the finish line.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Fortunately, the ever-inventive Hannah Mears, the Pirates’ TV sideline reporter, trekked all the way up there to find out.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
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The soccer gods looked down on Dick’s Sporting Goods Park and teased the hundreds of Colorado Springs Switchbacks fans who trekked up I-25 to Commerce City.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Most days, a bottle of vodka journeyed from standing full in a cabinet to laying empty in a recycling bin.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
14 May 2026
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The group journeyed to a gothic mansion in La Jolla and dressed as Marie Antoinette in extravagant rococo dresses.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Bum-seok listens impatiently to their second-hand accounts of tiger tracks being sighted in the mountains, leading them to assume the animal must have wandered all the way down from Siberia.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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The other day, an elephant wandered onto this very field.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
16 May 2026
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“Peregrinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peregrinated. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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