as in travelled
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 trekked
In the forests of northern Vietnam, researchers on the hunt for frogs trekked through the dense leaves and trees under the cover of darkness .
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
In the wake of the fragile ceasefire, thousands of Gazans have trekked home to find ruin.
—Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Another legend relates that a woman and her children trekked into the mountains to escape enemies.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Kanccha also trekked down to Nepal’s southern border with India to trade for rice.
—Bhadra Sharma, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
Five game Cubs series delivers big dividends The five game series against divisional rival Chicago Cubs added to the economic impact, thanks to Windy City fans who trekked north for three games.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The latest formed Friday and has trekked northward in the Atlantic Ocean, Deger said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
In early 2015, Deutsche Bank employees trekked to Jeffrey Epstein’s gargantuan Upper East Side mansion.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The common consensus is that some of the earliest Homo sapiens trekked thousands of miles from Africa and across the Middle East before reaching the Balkans.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
In the wake of the fragile ceasefire, thousands of Gazans have trekked home to find ruin.
—Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Another legend relates that a woman and her children trekked into the mountains to escape enemies.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Kanccha also trekked down to Nepal’s southern border with India to trade for rice.
—Bhadra Sharma, Outside, 17 Oct. 2025
Five game Cubs series delivers big dividends The five game series against divisional rival Chicago Cubs added to the economic impact, thanks to Windy City fans who trekked north for three games.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The latest formed Friday and has trekked northward in the Atlantic Ocean, Deger said.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
In early 2015, Deutsche Bank employees trekked to Jeffrey Epstein’s gargantuan Upper East Side mansion.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
The common consensus is that some of the earliest Homo sapiens trekked thousands of miles from Africa and across the Middle East before reaching the Balkans.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trekked
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Twenty-four sides travelled to Chile for the latest edition of a tournament that has given rise to some of the finest players across the globe.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Many suburbanites would come to Philadelphia to do their holiday shopping, while others traveled to the city for the annual Army-Navy football game, according to Britannica.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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The art will encompass the stories of Black people who journeyed north to escape slavery and the early Westfield settlers who ran safehouses that harbored them during their travels.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gilbert, phone recorder and notebook in hand to document Westheimer’s stories and wisdom, journeyed to meet up with Westheimer every week beginning in 2024.—
Alexa Mikhail,
Flow Space,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Trekked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trekked. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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