Thesaurus results for TRAVERSED

traversed

verb

past tense of traverse

as in crossed

to make one's way through, across, or over the spider traversed the wall from end to end

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Recent Examples of traversed Despite his complicated feelings about the reservoir itself, his favorite cottonwood in the hundreds of miles of canyons he’s traversed is on the main body of water, near a kink in the canyon known as the Rincón. —

Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 Named after a Norwegian ship that traversed the North and South poles at the turn of the 20th Century, Fram2 sought to pay homage to its namesake with a pioneering polar voyage of its own. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 May 2026 As imperial forces traversed continents, the meanings and uses of these arrivals—whether people, plants, or ideologies— were actively negotiated and reshaped by the societies and environments compelled to contend with them. —

Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026 Closer to the audience, there is a graveyard traversed by roving immigration officers. —

Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 20 May 2026 The list was created by Yelp’s Elite Squad, which traversed the country to sample barbecue that had been highly rated by Yelp consumers. —

Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 20 May 2026 Tehran denied that, but Danish shipping and logistics company Maersk subsequently confirmed that one of its ships had traversed the strait with US protection. —

Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 May 2026 The major difference, of course, is that Jovovich has since traversed into the world of action movies since her days as a model. —

Laura Lane, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 Once traversed by Genghis Khan, this is a focal point of Scythian-Turkic culture, whose arid slopes somehow sustain nomadic life that demands constant attentiveness to the environment. —

Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Apr. 2026

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From prison gang to foreign terrorist organization With Guerrero Flores at its head, Tren de Aragua not only expanded its presence in Venezuela, but also reached other countries in the region and even, allegedly, crossed the Atlantic.

— Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
Gricourt, who said his vows in both English and French, recalled the moment the newlyweds first crossed paths at a Paris bar in 2018 while Leila was studying abroad.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026