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verb

present tense third-person singular of traverse
as in crosses
to make one's way through, across, or over the spider traversed the wall from end to end

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noun

plural of traverse
as in travels

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Recent Examples of traverses
Verb
In your periphery to the left, a spacewalker traverses the exterior of the station. — Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 July 2026 The Golden State might be a West Coast utopia, but then Californians live on a fault line that traverses most of it. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 Completed in 2010, the bridge traverses extensive agricultural land and urban areas, allowing trains to bypass road crossings while maintaining high operating speeds. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 Laura and Mary, in fact, sing their song as the family traverses a cliffside overlooking the very river that moments later they’re forced to cross. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026 The Art Loeb Trail traverses a few significant peaks and balds over the 6,000-foot mark and should not be overlooked. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026 Like Orton’s prior work, The Ground Above traverses some tricky emotional terrain. — David Harris, SPIN, 29 June 2026 On July 6, the route traverses Tilden Regional Park and Briones Regional Park before finishing at Heather Farm Park. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 His voyage is detailed by Homer in the Odyssey, a chronicle of the maritime obstacle course that Odysseus traverses in order to get home to Ithaca. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverses
  1. crosses
  2. travels
  3. follows
  4. treks
  5. navigates
  6. trips
  7. walks
  8. expeditions
Verb
  • Once a victim crosses a jurisdictional line, everything that happened on the other side of it too often gets lost in the nowhere land of bureaucracy and red tape.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • The trail crosses Romania diagonally, running from the rural commune of Putna to the city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
    — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
Definition of crosses
Noun
  • In 1843 the author Victor Hugo visited Biarritz as part of his travels through the Basque Country.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 31 July 2026
  • To create the immersive art at Dataland, the artist fed images and sounds from museum archives, labs and even his own travels to the Brazilian Amazon into a custom AI model.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 29 July 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • The new movie follows 28 years later, as Sally bakes cakes and avoids men, while Gilly attracts men named Chad on Tinder.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Aug. 2026
  • This breathtaking start follows recent debate over potential fatigue for franchise films, including those of the superhero variety, given that DC Studios’ Supergirl underperformed earlier this summer.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of follows
Noun
  • Popular treks include summit Mount Kinabalu, a 4,095-meter (13,435-foot) mountain in Borneo, or week-long treks in the jungles of Gunung Tahan, home to the highest point in pensinular Malaysia, the 2,187-meter (7,175-foot) Mount Tahan.
    — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Hikers have trail-tested them on treks in Patagonia, Colorado, and Scotland and in snowy, hot, and windy conditions.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of treks
Verb
  • Cristobal wants to make sure none of that outside noise creeps in as Miami navigates through its campaign.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The new framework navigates the complex legal aftermath of a 2023 arbitration ruling against Turkey regarding unauthorized Kurdish oil exports.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of navigates
Noun
  • Patrick Michaud, a police spokesperson, said Thursday that Barnes has made four trips to Chicago this year and spent about 18 days in total traveling there.
    — Joe Kottke, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • For Chesney, who grew accustomed to long bus trips while coaching at the lowest levels of college, UCLA’s luxury travel, by comparison, seems manageable.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of trips
Verb
  • Griffin Conine and Heriberto Hernandez worked walks to open the frame before Marsee chased Senga with a two-run double to right.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Servey regularly walks his 13-year-old Yorkie Scruffy through Lemon Hill Park, but said those walks have changed since Fan Fest ended.
    — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of walks
Noun
  • Its load-bearing capacity has been improved to accommodate the needs of larger scientific research equipment during expeditions.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Accidents are common on climbing expeditions in northern Pakistan because of avalanches, falling ice and rock, extreme altitude and rapidly changing weather.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of expeditions

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