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
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival.
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David Allan,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
In April, Leo made a pilgrimage to Annaba, Algeria, modern-day Hippo, where Augustine lived, preached and died.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
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Verb
Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings.
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Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival.
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David Allan,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
Slippery Rock is a half hour away from the town of Butler, and admirers of the president had started to make pilgrimage to the grounds of the Farm Show, where the Maximum Leader bested the forces of death only two years earlier.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
In April, Leo made a pilgrimage to Annaba, Algeria, modern-day Hippo, where Augustine lived, preached and died.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pilgrimage
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More than 40 tall ships from 20 foreign countries participated, traveling through New York Harbor from near Sandy Hook, New Jersey, up to the George Washington Bridge.
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Several Iraqi provinces announced official holidays to allow mourners to travel.
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The House of Representatives easily approved bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting kids online, a significant step in a yearslong journey to rein in social media companies' interactions with children.
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Carroll made his case to the judge, gained his favor, and began his journey looking for his parents.
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See what Muir himself loved about this region by trekking part or all of the stunning Bishop Pass Trail (about 11 miles out and back) or the Little Lakes Valley Trail.
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Bodycam video shared by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch Wednesday afternoon showed at least two officers trekking up the skyscraper and meeting Nikolau and Kuznetsov, who appeared to be unharnessed.
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But that trip to the sideline was short-lived and the 24-year-old has dominated since returning, stringing together 15 ⅔ scoreless innings with Triple-A Albuquerque.
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Seventy-two million people are expected to travel more than 50 miles away from their homes over the Fourth of July holiday week, and more than 61 million of them are expected to drive for those trips, according to the AAA Auto Club.
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His former estate is now The Ringling museum complex, where visitors can tour his Venetian Gothic mansion Ca’ d’Zan and check out his impressive collection of Old Masters paintings at the Museum of Art.
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After the Ballet Russe disbanded, Monson de Kansky toured with the Marquis de Cuevas ballet company for nine years.
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Welcome to Day 2 of the Miami Herald’s live Heat free agent blog and Day 2 of the franchise’s quest to bring back LeBron James.
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Tom Hanks is the Army Ranger captain who takes his men on a powerfully emotional quest to find a missing private (Matt Damon).
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Silversea is lauded for both its classic ocean liners and expedition ships, which voyage the globe including the Poles.
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Some ships even reposition between polar regions or across the Southern Hemisphere—voyages far longer than most standard cruises ever attempt.
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The Rat Queen is Riley Pinkerton, mild-mannered doom priestess and Brooklyn artist, whose musical and visual dreams fuel her band’s raging odyssey.
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Thrown into the perilous odyssey of the quest for Europe, Gift recounts the memories that led to her departure.
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“Pilgrimage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgrimage. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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