as in crosses
to make one's way through, across, or over
the hikers proceeded along the ridge for several hundred feet
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The Mandalorian, whose actual name is Din Djarin, eventually crosses paths with Grogu, who happens to be a member of the same species as the Jedi master Yoda.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
22 Sep. 2025 -
This rare timing means the eclipse occurs on the doorstep of the September equinox, when the sun crosses the celestial equator, marking the start of spring in the Southern Hemisphere and fall in the north.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
21 Sep. 2025
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During the test, the robot successfully traverses randomly placed debris, ascends, and descends steps without difficulty.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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The new musical Saturday Church traverses both contexts, following a sensitive Black teenager (played by Bryson Battle) who’s torn between his love of church and his burgeoning understanding of his queerness.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2025
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In Season 3, Arisu follows Usagi into Borderland, just like Alice does the white rabbit to Wonderland.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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OpenAI’s move toward proactive assistants Pulse follows OpenAI's January introduction of Tasks, a feature that lets Plus and Pro subscribers schedule ChatGPT to perform specific actions at set times.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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His Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour launches December 5 in Costa Rica and travels through Mexico, Spain, and England before concluding in Italy on July 17-18.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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Anderson’s camera travels through the warren of living spaces, richly layered with the objects of family life.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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Twenty-seven floors above the hotel lobby, Luka Dončić walks to the table near the floor-length windows, plops down on a chair and, within minutes, is sipping on a double espresso.—
Dan Woike,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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The episode walks viewers from initial flights on the aluminium frame, through the carbon-fibre upgrade, wheel retraction and steering tests, to final flights after iterative weight reduction and control tuning.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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While regular season events like The Masters run according to stroke play – whereby the player who navigates the course in the fewest number of ball hits triumphs – the Ryder Cup is a three-day match play competition.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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As this unfolds, Benjamin navigates a different kind of drama.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers executions for USA TODAY.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Diana Leyva covers trending news and service journalism for the Tennessean.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Proceeds (along).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proceeds%20%28along%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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