as in trip
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
started on our trek up the mountain before the sun rose
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as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance
adventurers trekking across the desert in search of a fabled city of gold
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Recent Examples of trek
George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
The Foo Fighters return to North America in August for a 13-city stadium trek.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Travelers hoping to hit the slopes will want to visit during the winter, while hikers aiming to trek up Mount Rainier should wait until summer.
—Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Ellie and Joel’s trek through the post-apocalypse remains a somber meditation on loss and brutal human nature.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
The Foo Fighters return to North America in August for a 13-city stadium trek.
—Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Verb
All the trembling, as Kimbangu touched the sick, alarmed European settlers and reassured the plantation workers who trekked to Nkamba in search of healing.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Travelers hoping to hit the slopes will want to visit during the winter, while hikers aiming to trek up Mount Rainier should wait until summer.
—Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trek
Noun
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Baltimore’s Board of Estimates quickly approved thousands of dollars in travel expenses from Mayor Brandon Scott’s office, including reimbursements for trips that had already taken place.—
Jeff Abell,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2026
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The Sox wrapped up the trip 3-3, winning two of three in San Diego before losing two of three to the Angels.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Linde had a huge hand in NASA’s Artemis II mission that just took humans the farthest distance from Earth in history, traveling 252,756 miles from home.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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That’s one of the reasons why Knicks fans have been traveling to Philadelphia.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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When the footage from a celebrated 1996 first-contact expedition in the Amazon resurfaces decades later, a triumphant story of discovery unravels into a reckoning with colonialism, documentary ethics, and the lasting impact on the Korubo people.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
6 May 2026
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The title draws on a historical term for a southward military expedition.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 May 2026
Verb
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The group journeyed to a gothic mansion in La Jolla and dressed as Marie Antoinette in extravagant rococo dresses.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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From May to October, the ship will journey around the Mediterranean and the Adriatic, before crossing the Atlantic to spend the fall and winter in the Caribbean.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Schiff also became the first California senator in more than 30 years to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee and has since toured agricultural regions across the state.—
Mathew Miranda
May 7,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2026
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Isbell is currently touring with his band, the 400 Unit.—
Time,
Time,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Silversea is lauded for both its classic ocean liners and expedition ships, which voyage the globe including the Poles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some ships even reposition between polar regions or across the Southern Hemisphere—voyages far longer than most standard cruises ever attempt.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival.—
David Allan,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Trek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trek. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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