as in travelling
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 trekking
For some the idea of a perfect vacation involves learning how to surf, trekking in the mountains or a sunrise safari.
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Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Seek Adventure Challenge yourselves by hiking Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania; trekking mountain gorillas in Rwanda or Uganda; flying in a hot air balloon over the Masai Mara; or zip-lining over Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls.
—Karin Jones, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Natural Habitat Adventures reports that its gorilla trekking trips are about 50 percent ahead year-over-year, and luxury travel experts Black Tomato have seen its Rwanda trips increase 50 percent since 2019, with gorilla trekking the main motivator for its clients.
—Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
The video shows the boy trekking across the yard toward his best friend’s house.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Gushing mudslides and floodwaters inundated the village of Chasoti on Thursday, washing away pilgrims who had gathered for lunch before trekking up the hill for a popular religious site, in the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week.
—Fayaz Bukhari, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
To raise her profile and meet voters elsewhere in the state, Atkins will embark on a statewide tour later this month, trekking from Red Bluff in Northern California down to Riverside.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
These lodges offer gourmet meals in stunning settings, private gorilla trekking excursions with expert guides and remote locations, which ensure an intimate experience for those seeking seclusion.
—Harriet Akinyi, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Another trip focuses on trekking the Greenland Ice Sheet including a night on the ice in a tent.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Seek Adventure Challenge yourselves by hiking Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania; trekking mountain gorillas in Rwanda or Uganda; flying in a hot air balloon over the Masai Mara; or zip-lining over Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls.
—Karin Jones, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Natural Habitat Adventures reports that its gorilla trekking trips are about 50 percent ahead year-over-year, and luxury travel experts Black Tomato have seen its Rwanda trips increase 50 percent since 2019, with gorilla trekking the main motivator for its clients.
—Gaby Keiderling, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
The video shows the boy trekking across the yard toward his best friend’s house.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Gushing mudslides and floodwaters inundated the village of Chasoti on Thursday, washing away pilgrims who had gathered for lunch before trekking up the hill for a popular religious site, in the second such disaster in the Himalayas in a little over a week.
—Fayaz Bukhari, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
To raise her profile and meet voters elsewhere in the state, Atkins will embark on a statewide tour later this month, trekking from Red Bluff in Northern California down to Riverside.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
These lodges offer gourmet meals in stunning settings, private gorilla trekking excursions with expert guides and remote locations, which ensure an intimate experience for those seeking seclusion.
—Harriet Akinyi, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
Another trip focuses on trekking the Greenland Ice Sheet including a night on the ice in a tent.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trekking
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Things won't get any easier for Flacco next week with the Browns traveling to Baltimore to play the Ravens, who typically always have a top-10 caliber defense.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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In February, more than 40 people were killed in southern Mexico when a bus traveling to Tabasco from the tourist city of Cancun hit a trailer truck and caught fire.—
Lizbeth Diaz,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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The probes completed that portion of their respective journeys by 1989, after which NASA retooled their mission as an interstellar expedition – meaning one journeying beyond our solar system further into the Milky Way.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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After a decade of war and another of journeying home, Odysseus returns, incognito.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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