as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance
tourists pilgrimaging to all of the traditional destinations across Europe
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Recent Examples of pilgrimage
Ali Shihabi, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Next year will mark the culmination of its Jubilee Year celebrations, and through January, the city will continue to host pilgrimage events, public art installations, and expanded museum programming.
—AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
Usa Today Network, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Malaysian rappers and DJs self-funded a pilgrimage to SXSW — all to play Las Perlas, a 50-person tequila bar; next door at Seven Grand.
—Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Advertisement Travel to the country once limited essentially to pilgrimage and business travel, opened with a tourist e-visa in 2019 and has since become an engine of jobs and investment.
—Ali Shihabi, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
Next year will mark the culmination of its Jubilee Year celebrations, and through January, the city will continue to host pilgrimage events, public art installations, and expanded museum programming.
—AFAR Media, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
Here are standout classic American restaurants worth the detour — or the pilgrimage.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Malaysian rappers and DJs self-funded a pilgrimage to SXSW — all to play Las Perlas, a 50-person tequila bar; next door at Seven Grand.
—Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pilgrimage
Verb
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Under-4s are also welcome to use the Kids Only facilities with adult supervision, and all kinds of baby products and equipment are provided so parents can travel light.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Police said it was believed the driver initiated the right turn and hit the bicyclist, a 69-year-old man from Joliet, believed to have been traveling eastbound on the sidewalk on the south side of West Jefferson Street and had entered the roadway to cross Springfield Avenue.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The astronauts will splash down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their journey.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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For the first time in more than 53 years, humans have begun a journey to the Moon.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
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Instead, Sauer embarked on his own hero’s journey, trekking to that rural corner to see what was happening firsthand.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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Her owner, a woman in her twenties, had fallen down a 180-foot waterfall on March 17 while trekking through challenging terrain near the small town of Hokitika.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Outside,
31 Mar. 2026
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In their initial trips to the plate in the second inning, Caglianone doubled, Collins doubled him home, and Isbel singled to score Collins.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
2 Apr. 2026
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The trip to the moon will take about four days.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bello invited reporters to tour Salmos 23 #3, which appeared modern and homey.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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After the audience, Rockingham said the delegation toured the Sistine Chapel, famous, in part, for the ceiling frescos painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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That quest, which put her in touch with dozens of victims, generated an award-winning series in the Miami Herald that set off a chain reaction culminating in Epstein’s 2019 arrest, Acosta’s resignation and, two years later, the sentencing of Epstein associate and co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2026
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The rapid quest for short-term advantage masks the long-term threat to global energy markets, one over which the Treasury has little control.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first human to voyage into space just a month before, with American astronaut Alan Shepard close on his heels.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Ahead of the week’s worst heat, some Bay Area residents voyaged outside to enjoy the sun and unseasonably balmy conditions.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Hot Water follows a Lebanese mother and her American son on an odyssey across the United States.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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The total fee required to launch my mother’s dress on this byzantine odyssey was seven thousand five hundred dollars.—
Han Ong,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Pilgrimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgrimage. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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