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 Around 100 commercial vessels traversed the strait on a typical day before the war. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 Bear tracks showed where a pair of grizzlies had traversed our island and swum to the far shore. — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026 Some traffic traversed the strait on Tuesday, according to data and analytics company Kpler, which verified 41 crossings compared to 36 on Monday. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 The first Spanish expedition to California in 1542 was followed about 220 years later when Gaspar de Portolá and Franciscan monk Junipero Serra traversed the coastal lands. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026 According to the hiking blog, The Hiking HI, the rock bridge can only be traversed at low tide, but can be treacherous either way. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 On a recent visit, the water traversed a smoky 10-foot canyon of charred foam and twisted wall panels on its way to the drain. — Mack Baysinger follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 The Orange Walk In some ways, the parade was like the giant processions that have traversed the whole of downtown after the Chiefs’ various Super Bowl wins. — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026 Will Smith traversed the globe for 100 days and did a whole bunch of adventure-quest stuff on the Disney Plus/National Geographic series Pole to Pole With Will Smith. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for traversed
  1. crossed
  2. followed
  3. navigated
  4. traveled
  5. walked
  6. covered
  7. tracked
Verb
  • The cancer arose in one clam, crossed into the other, and now flourishes in its new host, while the pullet carpet shell in those same waters shows no trace of the disease.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, crossed $100 a barrel Thursday for the first time since May.
    — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of crossed
Verb
  • An extended team period followed that of individual, something that players actually seemed to like.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • This was followed by brands such as Rahul Mishra, Falguni Shane Peacock, JJ Valaya, Rimzim Dadu and Kunal Rawal at Taj Palace in New Delhi.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of followed
Verb
  • Anyone who has successfully navigated through an AI initiative can attest to this.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • This male and female duo navigated the film’s tonal shifts between horror and comedy with ease.
    — William Earl, Variety, 25 July 2026
Definition of navigated
Verb
  • Mohammad Taj, who travelled to Delhi from neighboring Haryana state, and whose face was badly bruised in the Monday crackdown, said the march heading to parliament had been peaceful.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
  • Coronilla Durán traveled from his hometown of San Luis de la Paz, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, to Atlanta to visit family and friends, according to Isaret Jeffers, founder of Colectivo Arbol, a farmworkers advocacy group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of traveled
Verb
  • The king was said to have walked the perimeter at dusk and, like Ser Criston Cole, did not wear his mail hauberk.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Lindsay Pruitt gives him a hug while checking out this week’s edition of Sip City’s Wine & Chill Wednesday, having walked the 500 steps from her front door.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Definition of walked
Verb
  • The period covered by the data release followed a historic global oil shock set off by the Middle East conflict.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • This is different from a total lunar eclipse, which happens when the entire moon is covered by our planet's shadow.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of covered
Verb
  • Fewer than 10 commodity ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, according to shipping data tracked by CNN.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
  • Recently, a man from Lenexa was tracked using ALPR technology by the Lenexa Police Department after writing a guest commentary critical of the department for The Star, according to an investigation from KCUR.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Definition of tracked

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