traversing

verb

present participle of traverse
as in crossing
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 traversing Not many indoor cats like leashes or traversing the great outdoors with their person. — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026 Rescue crews in southern Colorado rushed to rescue a climber over the weekend who had fallen about 50 feet while traversing between Little Bear Peak and Blanca Peak in Alamosa County. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 The 42-year-old conquered the Via Alpina, which involves traversing a vast European alpine region stretching east to west from Italy, through Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and finally France and Monaco. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026 Horse-and-rider teams have 24 hours to complete the 100-mile route along the historic Western States Trail, traversing some of the Sierra Nevada’s most rugged and scenic terrain. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026 The Leadville 100 Trail Run is an extremely challenging, high-alpine endurance race renowned for not only traversing 100 miles but also scaling a collective 14,000 vertical feet. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026 Broad Peak, where the climbers were traversing when the avalanche struck, is a 26,401-foot mountain in the Karakoram range in central Asia. — ABC News, 31 July 2026 The intensity of the elements, along with sketchy infrastructure, can make traversing Pakistan's mountains feel like a grand adventure. — Betsy Joles, NPR, 29 July 2026 The spinning flywheel generates gyroscopic forces that keep the robot upright while moving, stopping, or traversing uneven terrain, reports Techeblog. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traversing
  1. crossing
  2. navigating
  3. following
  4. traveling
  5. walking
  6. covering
Verb
  • The proposal stated that military or civilian cargo linked to Israeli vessels and other entities deemed to have damaged Iran would be banned from crossing until paying compensation.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The path of totality — in which the moon completely covers the sun — begins over the Arctic Ocean, before crossing eastern Greenland, western Iceland and northern Spain.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of crossing
Verb
  • Giving difficult feedback, navigating conflict, making unpopular decisions, challenging assumptions and standing firm under pressure all require us to do more than analyze information.
    — Yann Dang, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Early footage shows the group navigating uncertainty before eventually rediscovering its chemistry with Armstrong and Brittain, a process that transformed grief into a new creative chapter.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of navigating
Verb
  • Boss Arne Slot has also moved on, following an underwhelming second season at the helm.
    — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But Ukraine has a layered array of defenses against the relatively slow-flying ones, and its counter-drone expertise has been in demand following the US-Iran war.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of following
Verb
  • And for broadcast leaders, please keep investing in reporters and tools to serve the traveling public.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The Toyota sideswiped another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction and lost control, striking Bowling near 35th Avenue and Mangels Avenue, the Oakland police previously told PEOPLE.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of traveling
Verb
  • People can avoid small car trips to the coffee shop, dry cleaners or restaurants by walking or riding the bus or rail line.
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Many older adults are staying active through walking, jogging or taking yoga and exercise classes.
    — Nancy Badertscher, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of walking
Verb
  • Enterprise legal teams in 2026 routinely insist on data exit covering prompts, embeddings, and fine-tunes.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Conti recommends setting up a simple observation board made from cardboard and covering it with a white sheet.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of covering

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