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pilgrimaged

verb

past tense of pilgrimage
as in traveled
to take a trip especially of some distance tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pilgrimaged
  1. traveled
  2. trekked
  3. journeyed
  4. toured
  5. voyaged
  6. wandered
Verb
  • Tiny creatures like crabs and ants traveled huge distances, encountering all sorts of dangers—driven by the instinct to lay eggs and reproduce at any cost.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.
    — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of traveled
Verb
  • Rather than taking the dry way out and heading home on the 4 train, we all got caught up in a more southerly impulse and trekked to our friends’ new place down in Battery Park City.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Daniel talked with dozens of health officials and trekked to Maine and Louisiana for this eye-opening story.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of trekked
Verb
  • Born in Portland, Oregon, in 1873, Lowe journeyed to China for his education, and then returned to America, moving between major western cities, first San Francisco, then Denver, on to Portland and Seattle.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The videos quickly went viral, with lines forming outside the hut as people journeyed to the site, eager to try one for themselves.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of journeyed
Verb
  • As community members toured the building, faculty member Steven Wood greeted guests in his classroom.
    — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The two women toured James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room and viewed works related to centuries of artistic exchange between China and the United States before meeting local students.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of toured
Verb
  • Ahead of the week’s worst heat, some Bay Area residents voyaged outside to enjoy the sun and unseasonably balmy conditions.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Reaching about 4,700 miles beyond the lunar farside, the crew will go the farthest from Earth any humans have ever voyaged, ensuring not only rigorous system checks but also breathtaking views of our home planet—and, of course, the moon.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 15 Jan. 2026
Definition of voyaged
Verb
  • The end result, Dallas Wilson wandered into the end zone, and the lead was 17.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Inside, a photo call sat to one side while the crowd wandered among jewelry vitrines with Champagne, white Negronis and white cosmos in hand, taking in the diamonds.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of wandered
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