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to make one's way through, across, or over
the spider traversed the wall from end to end
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Recent Examples of traversed
Igra added that a friend who traversed the route months later and wound up in the jail as well also remembered the soup and had been telling her children about it for years.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Only 10 ships have traversed the strait in the last 24 hours.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
At least two vessels that have traversed the strait have paid Iran fees in Chinese yuan to guarantee safe passage, analysts from Lloyd's List Intelligence said in a recent report.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
During this 13-minunte period, the crew will have effectively traversed 1,701 nautical miles.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
But overall traffic through the strait has still not improved since the ceasefire deal was announced, as only some bulk carriers — which carry dry cargo rather than oil — have traversed the key waterway.
—Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
The wolf — known as BEY03F — essentially traversed the Sierra Nevada in the span of three to four days, a feat Hunnicutt believes was made possible by a low snowpack this season.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Ships flying the flags of Pakistan, India, Thailand, Russia, Turkey, China, Iraq, and now Malaysia have safely traversed the strait at some point since the war began.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Only a few ships with ties to China, Pakistan and India have traversed through after Iranian officials authorized vessels from non-hostile nations.
—Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Only 10 ships have traversed the strait in the last 24 hours.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
At least two vessels that have traversed the strait have paid Iran fees in Chinese yuan to guarantee safe passage, analysts from Lloyd's List Intelligence said in a recent report.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
During this 13-minunte period, the crew will have effectively traversed 1,701 nautical miles.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2026
But overall traffic through the strait has still not improved since the ceasefire deal was announced, as only some bulk carriers — which carry dry cargo rather than oil — have traversed the key waterway.
—Sean Conlon,lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026
The wolf — known as BEY03F — essentially traversed the Sierra Nevada in the span of three to four days, a feat Hunnicutt believes was made possible by a low snowpack this season.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Ships flying the flags of Pakistan, India, Thailand, Russia, Turkey, China, Iraq, and now Malaysia have safely traversed the strait at some point since the war began.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 7 Apr. 2026
Only a few ships with ties to China, Pakistan and India have traversed through after Iranian officials authorized vessels from non-hostile nations.
—Leila Gharagozlou, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traversed
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That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The ships crossed the strait from east to west to the Gulf before making their way back to the Arabian sea, according to the report.—
Angela Cullen,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Now 43-38, Charlotte has lost ground this week with difficult losses to Boston and Detroit that followed the same blueprint, as the Hornets fell off a cliff in the fourth quarter at the wrong time.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Apr. 2026
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Its techniques are still breathtaking today, richer and more substantial than any images that came before and many that followed.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, central bank purchases declined to 863 tons as market participants navigated record-high price volatility.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (2018) Another couple who navigated family issues ahead of their wedding day?—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
13 Apr. 2026
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During its 10-day excursion, the four-person crew traveled farther from Earth than any other humans — as well as witnessed a rare solar eclipse from deep space and observed a 600-mile-wide crater on the moon’s surface.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Koch and her fellow Artemis II crew members — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — traveled 694,481 miles, making their lunar flyby the farthest humans have ever traveled from Earth.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ohtani struck out once and was intentionally walked in the eighth with runners on first and second.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The first lady spoke for about five minutes, reading her statement in the Grand Foyer, then walked away without taking questions.—
Collin Binkley,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2026
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Pour in 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth, pressing asparagus down with a wooden spoon until mostly covered.—
Selma Brown Morrow,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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Where city parks would be covered in green grass this time of year, many are brown and dry.—
Gabriela Vidal,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The killing is Kansas City’s 30th homicide of the year, according to data tracked by The Star.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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The now desperate Sun Gym gang had tracked down their former captive.—
Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Traversed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traversed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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