as in travels
to take a trip especially of some distance
tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe
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Verb
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The adventurous archaeologist travels the globe looking for missing artifacts and historical treasures.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025 -
The couple often travels to car shows, from Julian to Santa Barbara, and Lynne has vintage outfits to match the cars.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many parents are forced to think in terms of trade-offs, the study found, weighing the importance of family trips against retirement savings or their children's college funds.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Black Tomato found that trips to Ranthambore National Park in India to see tigers are up 50 percent since before Covid.—
Gaby Keiderling,
Robb Report,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Staples, played in the movie by Emily Blunt, was a recovering alcoholic, and the couple’s fraught journeys with sobriety led to feelings of abandonment and bitterness.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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The list of school shootings — and the number of children dead — have mounted since current high schoolers began their educational journeys.—
Caroline Beck,
IndyStar,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un tours an unnamed missile factory on August 31, 2025, according to state media.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Guests can go on land excursions like Old Quarter tours with cooking lessons in Penang, yoga and a sound bath on a Langkawi beach, or an adventure at Perlis Geopark.—
Ann Shields,
AFAR Media,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Polar Museum covers everything from early hunting expeditions to Amundsen’s polar achievements, while the Tromsø Museum offers insight into Sami culture and the natural phenomenon of the northern lights.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The original collection of short stories was published in 1950 and centered on Earth colonizing the Red Planet in a series of devastating expeditions, and its interactions with the world's psychic native inhabitants.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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David Gilmour’s 2024 Luck and Strange Concerts tour was definitely one of the most memorable classic rock treks of recent years, showcasing one of the greatest guitarists of all time performing from both the Pink Floyd songbook and his own mighty solo catalog.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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In this video, chef Henri Alén (whose restaurant Finnjävel Salonki is one of many in Finland to earn a Michelin star) treks through Helsinki and Finland’s oldest city, Turku, which is renowned as the country’s food capital.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fans and creators will be able to connect via Luffa through quests, rewards, SuperGroups and live activations.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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Are moral and religious quests doomed to cause more harm than good?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The bundling of flights, transfers and accommodation opened up foreign travel to less well-off consumers who previously could only holiday at home.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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All flights from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport scheduled for Tuesday were canceled.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Pilgrimages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgrimages. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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