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traversal

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Recent Examples of traversal Dragon Mounts, Mechs, and Base Building The traversal and progression systems go well beyond standard open-world fare. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 2 Mar. 2026 For the first few hours, the gatekeeping of these features leaves Hornet feeling dramatically underpowered in both a fight and basic traversal. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025 Wall Crawl A bit of classic Spider-man traversal mixed with some classic Magic flavor, Wall Crawl shows no wall is a match for the web-slinger from NYC. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025 How to make humanoids do versatile parkour jumping, clapping dance, cliff traversal, and box pick-and-move with a unified RL framework? — IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for traversal

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Noun

Over the years, many climbing injuries and deaths have occurred on the traverse between an area known as high camp around 17,200 feet and Denali Pass, mainly resulting from unprotected falls, according to the park.

— Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Over the years, many climbing injuries and deaths have occurred on the traverse between the high camp and Denali Pass, mainly resulting from unprotected falls, according to the park.

— Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026

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The goal of the expedition is to raise money and awareness for his nonprofit, which is dedicated to Arctic climate research, marine science and exploration.

— Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
Science and teamwork drive expedition For Webster, getting to know fellow crew members is one of the most exciting parts of the trip.

— Velvet Wu July 26, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of expedition

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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

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The Odyssey, of course, follows Greek King of Ithaca Odysseus’ perilous, decades-long trek home to Queen Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and their son, Prince Telemachus (Tom Holland) follow his army’s victory during the Trojan War.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
In early June, Shields, his wife and kids, ages 4 and 7, made the trek back to Yosemite, staying outside the park at Tenaya at Yosemite in Fish Camp.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of trek

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Writers, directors and producers will address the long march from debut to sophomore effort, spanning development, casting, finance, sales and distribution.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 24 July 2026
There, the championship runs continued, with Tanter in a front-row seat to Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's march to three consecutive titles from 2000-2002.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 17 June 2026

Definition of march

Noun

Plus, the police are looking for a tramp (David Wilmot) who lives in the forest nearby, and may know something about what happened to her.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
More than half a century into his imposingly prolific, restlessly searching career as a songwriter, Springsteen has fulfilled the prophecy he was born into as a young tramp.

— New York Times, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

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