Thesaurus results for TREKKED

trekked

verb

past tense of trek

as in traveled

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 As Monica Turner trekked across the western hills of Yellowstone National Park, the cold rain was inescapable. — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026 Rather than taking the dry way out and heading home on the 4 train, we all got caught up in a more southerly impulse and trekked to our friends’ new place down in Battery Park City. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Daniel talked with dozens of health officials and trekked to Maine and Louisiana for this eye-opening story. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026 This summer, photo intern Kaiden Yu trekked to the state's waters to spend time with volunteer water quality monitors. — Rachel E. Stassen-Berger, Des Moines Register, 10 Sep. 2026 After Only Murders In the Building‘s sleuthing trio of Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) trekked to London for the upcoming Season 6, the writers room of the Hulu mystery comedy series is on the move too. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026 Her parents paid the doctor who trekked to their home to deliver her with a sack of cornmeal. — Shima Oliaee, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Shaq trekked through the Adirondacks, climbed a massive rock face and spent the night sleeping outside in the woods. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Decades later, screenwriters Todd Bartels and Lou Howe trekked to Provincetown, retracing the steps of the young man who would become a cultural icon and host of the celebrated shows Parts Unknown and No Reservations. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

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Two weeks before October 7, Mossad director David Barnea traveled to Doha and asked Qatar to renew the funding, the New York Times reported in 2023.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Andy Beshear Andy Beshear, the two-term governor of Kentucky who cannot run again under state law, has traveled to a dozen states to campaign with Democratic candidates or headline party dinners, including four of the six early states.

— Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of traveled

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Born in Portland, Oregon, in 1873, Lowe journeyed to China for his education, and then returned to America, moving between major western cities, first San Francisco, then Denver, on to Portland and Seattle.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
The videos quickly went viral, with lines forming outside the hut as people journeyed to the site, eager to try one for themselves.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of journeyed

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Others drew attention to the fact that Mavica had personally toured Vladimir Putin around the cultural complex, whose official reasoning was that the V-A-C’s Venice space required greater attention ahead of the 2022 Biennale.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
On Friday, Marshall toured a radar manufacturing plant with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of toured

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Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

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