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pilgrim

noun

Definition of pilgrim

as in traveler

a person who travels to foreign lands A wandering pilgrim, he made his way across Europe before eventually settling in Madrid.

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Recent Examples of pilgrim Sharma’s parents were among a group of seven people making the journey to Mount Kailash, visited by tens of thousands of pilgrims each year. — Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026 Scientists are still piecing together information from satellite and ground-level data to figure out exactly what happened to cause the flood, which killed hundreds of people and left over a thousand more missing, including foreigners and pilgrims. — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 More than 360 people were killed, police said, and more than 1,400 were missing, including scores of foreigners and pilgrims. — Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 More than 390 people were killed, according to authorities in Nepal and China, and more than 1,400 were missing, including hundreds of foreigners and pilgrims. — Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pilgrim

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Airline operations across the UK have reportedly resumed following an air traffic control failure that cancelled over 2,000 flights and left hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded at airports throughout the country.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Under the agency model, the traveler pays the hotel directly and Booking collects a commission after the stay.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of traveler

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So many visitors get suckered into pasting and running the command that just about every malware pusher has adopted the technique.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The relevant agencies in both countries are working to resolve the issues together and Israeli visitors to Thailand will receive official travel guidance asking them to respect Thai laws and culture, Teplitskiy said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of visitor

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Recent incidents drawing public scrutiny in Thailand have involved tourists of several nationalities, but one of the highest profile cases was of an Israeli tourist who was convicted of threatening a zoo owner and then deported.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Washington did grow, and for years tourists and residents flocked to the Capitol’s wide terrace overlooking the National Mall, especially at sunset.

— Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026

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