peregrinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of peregrinate
1
as in crosses
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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2
as in travels
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peregrinates
  1. crosses
  2. travels
  3. traverses
  4. tours
  5. follows
  6. treks
  7. walks
  8. journeys
Verb
  • There will be another in 2052 that crosses the Southeast, including Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • For content that crosses markets, that means building feedback loops into how AI operates.
    — Georg Ell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of crosses
Verb
  • But the moon's low gravity — around 17% that of Earth — means the dust that an impact stirs up travels a long way and takes a long time to settle, McDowell said.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Watch On In 15th-century Japan, Ashitaka (Yoji Matsuda), the prince of a dying kingdom called Emishi, is infected by a forest demon and travels west searching for a forest god that provides a cure.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • While the show fluidly traverses the years before and after it, dropping in on Hal and John at key moments in their lives, the investigation that puts the two men in buddy-cop mode unfolds in 2016, two decades after the William Tell scene.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In your periphery to the left, a spacewalker traverses the exterior of the station.
    — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of traverses
Verb
  • Fine-dining Anthology also returns with a tasting menu that tours through Italy.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Longoria, who serves as an executive producer on the show, tours Dallas with DeMarcus Ware, who played nine seasons for the Dallas Cowboys.
    — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of tours
Verb
  • American mahjong follows rules set by the National Mah Jongg League, which introduces new hand combinations every year.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Maryland, like every other state, follows its own specialized accounting rules and definitions.
    — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of follows
Verb
  • Carlos Manuel Vesga submitted the Pluribus episode where Manousos treks up through South America while accepting no help from the hive members, a showcase of defiant pride and a good bit of physically demanding work.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The jukebox musical is built from Keys’ catalogue of R&B and soul hits, a semi-autobiographical story that treks through her Manhattan upbringing.
    — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
Definition of treks
Verb
  • Omega walks onto the ramp with a metal pipe and quickly takes out the Don Callis Family members to make the save.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast.
    — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of walks
Verb
  • In a world where AI will build almost anything it is asked to, competitiveness can come from knowing which journeys to avoid spending money and time on.
    — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Season 2 of the show is already in production and will pick up where the first season left off as the family journeys toward their new home in Walnut Grove, Minn.
    — Mariah Alanskas, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
Definition of journeys
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