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
Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Big game hunters, backpackers, river runners, national park visitors, artists and musicians all make the long trek into Big Bend National Park for the wilderness, the wildlands and the solitude.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026
Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Eloise sucks it up and treks over to see her old frenemy Cressida.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Several of Dobin’s teammates made the trek to Bloomington to watch her compete, including sophomore Leah Stringfellow and freshman Gabriella Smith.
—Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Big game hunters, backpackers, river runners, national park visitors, artists and musicians all make the long trek into Big Bend National Park for the wilderness, the wildlands and the solitude.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
In total, detectives believe that stolen U-Haul trekked between West Sacramento and Woodland at least five times last month – all in the early morning hours.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Eloise sucks it up and treks over to see her old frenemy Cressida.
—Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trek
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Tibbs clubbed 28 home runs in his junior year at Florida State, powering the Seminoles to their first College World Series trip since 2019.—
Jack Vita,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Mikala grew up taking annual family trips to Austin to visit her grandmother, an Austinite since 1975, and has fully adopted the Texas lifestyle since moving to the Lone Star State in 2018.—
Mikala Compton,
Austin American Statesman,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Adirondack is a daily train that runs between New York City and Montreal, traveling 381 miles over 11 hours.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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An autopsy shows all three shots fired by Stevens hit Martinez, with bullets traveling through his left arm before entering his torso and piercing his heart, lungs, liver and other organs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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With 66 potential new species from one expedition and hundreds of specimens still being analyzed, these findings underscore how much of the deep ocean remains unknown — and how much more there is left to discover.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Nankai Trough is one of Japan’s most geologically active deep-sea regions, but before this expedition, only 14 animal species were known to inhabit the area’s cold seeps.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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Seven women from the Iranian national soccer team remain in Australia, an Australian government official said Wednesday, as the rest of their team journeys back to a country at the center of a widening conflict in the Middle East.—
Jay Ganglani,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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The late guru, who lived quietly on Dearborn Street in Chicago, had little public profile but a slew of devotees like Hughes, who credited him with refining their acts and would journey to Chicago to sit at his knee — metaphorically, at least.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Nowadays, SoCo is among the city’s top tourist attractions, and the San José is in the heart of the action, hosting local and touring bands in its courtyard and parking lot during festivals and special events.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Tyler detailed plans to leave the band in January, citing the strain on her mental health of touring with the group.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
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Stationed in Singapore, the vessel will voyage entirely at sea, with no port calls.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
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Ritz-Carlton will launch its first Alaska sailings In May 2026, Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection will debut Alaska voyages for the first time ever aboard its third and most recent superyacht, Luminara.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 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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Advertisement Travel to the country once limited essentially to pilgrimage and business travel, opened with a tourist e-visa in 2019 and has since become an engine of jobs and investment.—
Ali Shihabi,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Trek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trek. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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