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as in to walk
to go on foot
traipsed down the hall to get a cup of coffee
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as in to wander
to move about from place to place aimlessly
a group of friends traipsing around the country the summer after graduation
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Recent Examples of traipse
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.
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Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Megan Fan Munce,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Jan. 2026
The wraparound ladder gives a traipse to the top bunk a real sense of occasion, as bedtime for a little one often feels.
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Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
27 Jan. 2026
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Verb
But birding at this landfill does not mean traipsing through the trash.
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Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.
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Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
After a brief traipse through San Francisco, the mountain lion dubbed 157M has been safely released back into the wild.
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Megan Fan Munce,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Jan. 2026
The wraparound ladder gives a traipse to the top bunk a real sense of occasion, as bedtime for a little one often feels.
—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traipse
Verb
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Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena walked to load the bases with one out before Josh Naylor struck out swinging.
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The 64-year-old had come from Oklahoma with his wife and son to walk up the 56 steps next to Sinking Spring, a sinkhole opening to a karst aquifer from which Lincoln first drank.
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Throughout the weekend, someone wandering around Mass MoCA’s campus might have caught excellent mainstage opening acts like Gang of Four (featuring Ted Leo on guitar) or the Breeders, representing two strains of Eighties and Nineties alt/punk rock.
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Most ticks are content to sit and wait for a meal to wander past; lone stars have no patience for that.
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If travel or study calls, sketch the first steps and request time to explore them.
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Public spaces present exhibits that immerse you in the nostalgia of the Golden Age of air travel.
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Initially, both teams looked to be treading carefully, wary of a misstep now in the knockout stage.
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That said, the USMNT's postgame presser won't be the only instance where a team hopes World Cup reporters will tread lightly.
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Visitors can hike trails and drive a scenic route through the colorful, rugged Badlands where bison and wild horses roam.
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The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.
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During the trek, Princess met many other hikers, including Ted Haslam, who was also taking on the Three Peaks Challenge with the help of family and friends who maneuvered his wheelchair up and down the mountains.
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The future queen kept her accessories minimal on the trek—but her choice to wear two rings from her ring stack spoke volumes, according to a jewelry expert.
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The result is an elegant and very summery look that’s perfect for strolling around town, dining, or traveling in style.
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Officials throughout the state have tried to wrestle with the gray area e-bikes occupy — faster than humans strolling on the greenbelt but not quite at the same level as cars and trucks.
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Over the years, many climbing injuries and deaths have occurred on the traverse between an area known as high camp around 17,200 feet and Denali Pass, mainly resulting from unprotected falls, according to the park.
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Over the years, many climbing injuries and deaths have occurred on the traverse between the high camp and Denali Pass, mainly resulting from unprotected falls, according to the park.
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“Traipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traipse. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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