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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Recent Examples of traverse
Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Her deeply poetic and very personal songs alongside her unique style of playing guitar traversed multiple musical genres, including pop, rock and jazz.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
The full Interconnect Tour departs from Deer Valley Resort in Park City, leading skiers on a traverse along the Wasatch Mountain range with visits to Park City Mountain Resort, Solitude, Brighton, Alta, and Snowbird.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The design is meant to reorient us, to take us on a trail walked not by humans but traversed and carved by elephants, a creature still misunderstood, vilified and hunted for its cataclysmic-like ability to reshape land, and sometimes communities.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Her deeply poetic and very personal songs alongside her unique style of playing guitar traversed multiple musical genres, including pop, rock and jazz.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
Each state that Route 66 traverses gets its own illuminating chapter.
—Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025
The full Interconnect Tour departs from Deer Valley Resort in Park City, leading skiers on a traverse along the Wasatch Mountain range with visits to Park City Mountain Resort, Solitude, Brighton, Alta, and Snowbird.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverse
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Restrictions negotiated by Israeli, Egyptian, Palestinian and international officials mean that only 50 people will be allowed to return to Gaza each day and 50 medical patients -- with two companions for each -- will be allowed to leave, but far fewer people have crossed so far.—
SAMY MAGDY,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the case of Brentford’s Dango Ouattara and West Ham’s El Hadji Malick Diouf, their assists were more eye-catching than the goals themselves because of the way in which both players crossed the ball so invitingly, with a mixture of conviction and precision, and also from so far back.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Trump and his Cabinet members are taking a tighter focus on domestic issues -- and domestic travel -- heading into the November midterm elections, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said last month.—
MICHELLE L. PRICE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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The same family owned the drawing for more than 200 years, after Armand Francois Louis de Mestral de Saint-Saphorin — a Swiss diplomat working for the King of Denmark — acquired it during his travels around Europe in the 18th century.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The birds can navigate complex terrain, squeeze through tight spaces, and fly in weather that often grounds small drones.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Crashes, luge athletes will tell you, are part of the game, a necessary teaching tool that helps young lugers learn how to navigate sliding on their back down an icy course, sometimes faster than 90 miles per hour.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Our trek ended in the village of Odzun, famous for its church constructed around the 5th to 7th century.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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The same company also offers kayaking, caving, climbing, and bellyak (a combination of kayaking and surfing) tours as well as via ferrata treks throughout the Lake Garda region.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026
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American figure skater Amber Glenn fired back at critics on Tuesday following her gold medal victory in the team event at the Winter Olympics.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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That begins with limiting visibility, then challenging language and identity, followed by removing symbols.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 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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Elsewhere along the beach, Grey walked along the shoreline as waves broke at her feet.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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That night, Annette Smith texted them to say Chad Smith and Sam Arlia were walking near Coit and Frankford Road when two cars were involved in an accident.—
Erin Jones,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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As the name suggests, Crew-12 will be NASA and SpaceX's 12th human science expedition to the International Space Station.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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The blue trail explores Moncler’s history as a technical gear specialist, from outfitting alpine workers to supplying attire for mountaineering expeditions.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Traverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traverse. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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