as in to cross
to make one's way through, across, or over
the spider traversed the wall from end to end
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Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Walkers and bikers traversing down the path and a new bridge will see two new pavilions as well as the Athletic Club Boise Stadium, where a new professional soccer team whose name and colors were revealed in 2025 will play.
—Idaho Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Drew Zieff, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
Each state that Route 66 traverses gets its own illuminating chapter.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Meanwhile, Thomaz had to traverse the dense woods with few supplies, according to the outlet.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Walkers and bikers traversing down the path and a new bridge will see two new pavilions as well as the Athletic Club Boise Stadium, where a new professional soccer team whose name and colors were revealed in 2025 will play.
—Idaho Statesman, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
Above, South Lake Tahoe ripper Emma Dayberry bombs through Kirkwood’s fabled Finger chutes, a quick traverse off of the Cornice Express six-pack chairlift.
—Drew Zieff, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
Each state that Route 66 traverses gets its own illuminating chapter.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverse
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For a president to tamper with the Fed is to cross a red line — to welcome panic and potential doom.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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The driver that struck Riddles has not been charged with any crimes for the crash, which happened as Riddles tried to cross the road in an area that wasn't marked with a crosswalk.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Seymour said the fundraiser’s original goal has already been consumed by travel costs alone and warned that future expenses — including therapy — remain unknown.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Fast forward to the end of December 2013, Musk tried to coordinate another visit for the following month, but couldn’t finalize travel plans for it either due to Epstein’s schedule.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Jan. 2026
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This makes vocal communication a reliable way — if not the only way — for dolphins to maintain contact with one another, especially when traveling, hunting or navigating social situations.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The return represents a milestone not just for education operations but for a community that has navigated displacement, disruption and recovery together.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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And the Goose trek includes a stop in the Bay Area.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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The pair became a couple soon after the Summersault trek ended.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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The team analyzed Gallup poll data and found that in the week following Floyd's death, more than one-third of respondents reported feelings of anger and sadness.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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And their most heroic performance came at San Siro against Inter the following month, when Ofri Arad cancelled out Lautaro Martinez’s opener for the 2023 and 2025 finalists.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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New features include psychic abilities for operating mechanisms and manipulating her powerful beam cannon, and the Vi-O-La Motorcycle for fast traversal across the game's expansive zones.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Dec. 2025
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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
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Together, the three systems enable continuous, adaptive whole-body autonomy — allowing humanoid robots to walk, carry, reach, and recover in real time.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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What kind of person would shoot a poet on the street and walk away?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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This year, Lindblad Expeditions marks the 60th anniversary of Lars Eric Lindblad’s first civilian expedition to Antarctica, the journey that helped define modern expedition travel.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Dutch West India Company had sponsored an expedition to search for a southern continent, which was thought necessary to balance all the land north of the equator.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Traverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traverse. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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