traversed

verb

past tense of traverse
as in crossed
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 traversed Sting is set to narrate a new documentary portrait of Nino Rota, the Italian composer whose music traversed the worlds of cinema and the concert hall, from Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita and 8½ to Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 27 Aug. 2026 The film itself was an odyssey of a shoot, as the cast traversed multiple countries and territories—Scotland, Italy, the Western Sahara, Greece—in all types of weather. — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026 But traffic through the key trade route remains a trickle of the 130-140 vessels that typically traversed during peacetime. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026 The bottom line An imperfect borrowing climate which has solidified thanks to an extended Fed rate pause will need to be traversed carefully. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Around 100 commercial vessels traversed the strait on a typical day before the war. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 Bear tracks showed where a pair of grizzlies had traversed our island and swum to the far shore. — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026 Some traffic traversed the strait on Tuesday, according to data and analytics company Kpler, which verified 41 crossings compared to 36 on Monday. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The first Spanish expedition to California in 1542 was followed about 220 years later when Gaspar de Portolá and Franciscan monk Junipero Serra traversed the coastal lands. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traversed
  1. crossed
  2. followed
  3. navigated
  4. traveled
  5. walked
  6. covered
  7. tracked
Verb
  • What followed was eight days of evacuation by the Royal Navy aided by a fleet of small private boats that crossed the English Channel to aid in getting the men off the beaches.
    — David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The move to Vegas crossed 18 years, involving two ownerships and five different locations – two in Santa Clara County and two in Oakland proper.
    — Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of crossed
Verb
  • Crude-tanker stocks have led the rally, up 120% year-to-date, followed by car carriers, gas carriers and dry-bulk shippers, Lloyd's data show.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Officers followed the sounds of the gunfire to another floor, where a smoky haze limited their visibility.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of followed
Verb
  • Ironing those out before Week 1 matters for a team that has navigated turnover issues in recent years.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After Skubal navigated some hard contact in the sixth, the Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh but failed to score.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of navigated
Verb
  • Remote club-to-club conversations had proved fruitless, so senior figures travelled by Eurostar to Lille and an initial €60m deal was struck on Monday.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Many of them then traveled to our city for the civil ceremony and reception.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of traveled
Verb
  • One day earlier, given the same advance notice, Allen struck out twice and walked during a 6-2 loss.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • After striking out the side in the first, Cavalli walked the bases loaded with one out in the second but then struck out Owen Caissie and Mack to escape the jam.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of walked
Verb
  • One Baguette is covered in a kaleidoscopic geometric pattern of colorful beads; another resembles a tiny textile artwork in dusty pink, green, and turquoise.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The almost 1,100-foot-long warship was covered in rust from bow to stern.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of covered
Verb
  • The fatal shooting is Kansas City’s 87th homicide this year, according to data tracked by The Star.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The second system being tracked by the NHC was a weak area of low pressure with disorganized cloudiness and showers located in the northeastern and north-central Gulf.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of tracked

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