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verb

Definition of pilgrimage

as in to travel

to take a trip especially of some distance tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe

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Verb

Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings. — Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026 Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival. — David Allan, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026

Noun

In the decades since, the modest zebra crossing has become a pilgrimage site for generations of music lovers. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 July 2026 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who received more support from Graham than maybe any other Republican in Congress, also made the pilgrimage and sat in a pew nearby. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for pilgrimage

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The timing of the meeting comes as Myanmar’s junta chief turned president Min Aung Hlaing is scheduled to travel to Thailand on August 6 and will meet with Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
The tens of thousands of people traveling at once and the road closures near the stadium and Atlanta park made driving very unattractive.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of travel

Noun

Legend has it, Sperlonga was a stop on Odysseus's journey, and a group of ancient sculptures depicting scenes from the Odyssey were found in the grotto adjacent to the villa.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Fleeing an economic crisis and political repression back home, many Venezuelans have risked their lives on treacherous journeys to reach the US.

— Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of journey

Verb

The fall caused one of his trekking poles to pierce through his side, leaving the pole lodged in his body.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Every summer, the de Menils would trek to France and spend time with the larger Schlumberger family at the Val-Richer estate in Normandy—the same land where Conrad conducted his early experiments.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Definition of trek

Noun

Wells, 18, disappeared July 4 during a boat trip with three friends to Horn Island in Jackson, Mississippi, and his body was recovered two days later by a National Park Service ranger on a nearby island.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Crump is handling the case of Nolan Wells, a Black student athlete who died on a boat trip in Mississippi with white friends over the July 4th weekend.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026

Definition of trip

Noun

Trying to link ads to consumer outcomes is a quest that has occupied many on Madison Avenue for years.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 29 July 2026
Set in the epic fantasy world of Orïsha, the story sees a young woman (Mbedu) embark on a quest to reclaim the magic that was violently stolen from her people.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 July 2026

Definition of quest

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

Noun

Faced with limited inventory, some fans are embarking on an odyssey of their own just to see the film in 70mm.

— Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Leo Davidson's time-traveling odyssey goes from 2029 all the way to the 51st century and then back again to his own era, where things have gone totally haywire.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 27 July 2026

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