Thesaurus results for PERAMBULATE

perambulate

verb

pə-ˈram-byə-ˌlāt

as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air

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as in to stroll

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village

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Recent Examples of perambulate Hunter, who’s called upon to bring a dynamic physicality to Solange, perambulating with the assistance of a considerably loud walker, is agonizing and entertaining as a controlling Southern Belle whose microaggressions (and incontinence) eventually pushes her daughter-in-law to the edge. —

Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024 The franchise has moved continually west, perambulating from Rochester to Cincinnati to Kansas City (and, briefly, Omaha, as well), and finally, in 1985, to Sacramento, where its parched fans are enjoying their first playoff run since 2006. —

Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023 Sentences tend to perambulate only to land in fresh territory. —

Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023 Bridge Street is one of Huntsville’s five Arts & Entertainment Districts, in which guests may perambulate outdoors with open containers of alcoholic beverages purchased at businesses within that district. —

Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2022 Conveniently, Grey’s brother, Lord Melton, happens to be perambulating with Geneva and Isobel while Grey and Jamie are talking. —

Roxane Gay, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2017

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Others had traversed multiple countries by bus, and yet others had crowded for months into shelters and local hotels hoping for confirmation of an asylum appointment via the mobile app, CBP One, that the Biden administration had utilized since early 2023 to ease the process of applying for asylum.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Every day, tens of thousands of flights traverse U.S. airspace with over two million passenger lives depending on the FAA's ability to ensure that every airplane is airworthy and lands safely at its destination.

— John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025