pilgrimaging

verb

present participle of pilgrimage
as in traveling
to take a trip especially of some distance tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe

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  1. traveling
  2. touring
  3. trekking
  4. journeying
Verb
  • The trucks wait until all those in the area are ready before traveling in convoys to packing plants, accompanied by police patrols to prevent robberies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Murphy, traveling the country promoting his recent book and opining on the state of the Democrats, returned to Connecticut to boost Larson and trash Bronin.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of traveling
Verb
  • Kahan’s touring success is also fueling his mental health advocacy through the Busyhead Project, his nonprofit focused on expanding access to mental health resources and reducing stigma.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The family then started spending parts of those summers on the road, often touring around the United States, for travel-ball tournaments.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of touring
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  • Pole sleeves at the ends of the crossbar let users install trekking poles, bolstering structural integrity.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Kelly also spent hours upon hours trekking across the land, looking for clues of what once stood there.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of trekking
Verb
  • Stewart, 81, has been journeying around the world on his One Last Time farewell tour since March 2025.
    — KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But there were people who’d been on board for weeks before that, journeying through the Panama Canal.
    — Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of journeying
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