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peregrinate

verb

ˈper-ə-grə-ˌnāt

Definition of peregrinate

as in to traverse

to make one's way through, across, or over Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States

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as in to travel

to take a trip especially of some distance a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland

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The Firebrand and the First Lady demonstrates that the early civil rights movement was built on a foundation of deep, complicated, long-term relationships which traversed the boundaries of both race and class.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The vessel will navigate south through the narrow Strait of Malacca, round the turbulent waters of the Cape of Good Hope, and traverse the open expanse of the South Atlantic before dropping anchor off Bahia’s coast.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of traverse

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The story follows Emily, an American woman who travels with Simon, her Chinese Malaysian husband, and their son Louis to spend the summer at his family’s mansion.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
Many of the units come with full kitchens and have one or two bedrooms making it ideally for families or those traveling in a group.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of travel

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Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé, the only other player to cross the nine-figure threshold, lands in the third spot at $105 million.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Video circulating on social media showed a drone striking the bridge and exploding as vehicles crossed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of cross

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Never Enough, the group’s fourth album following 2021’s Glow On, won Best Rock Album at the same awards show, in which the band was the first to be nominated simultaneously in the Rock, Alternative and Metal categories.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
An intentional grounding and consecutive incompletions that followed leads to another Tigers punt.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of follow

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However, when her island's resources are threatened, Moana embraces her ancestors' voyaging heritage and heads out to sea to find Maui, deliver the heart of Te Fiti (which Maui stole back in the day) and save her people.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
When a blight hits the island, the result of a curse that began when Maui stole a gem representing the heart of the goddess Te Fiti, Moana gets her quest and excuse to voyage — to find the missing Maui and force him to return the stone.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Definition of voyage

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Everyone must be ready for anything, and as 100 becomes 50, the kitchen slowly empties and the competition intensifies until one cook eventually walks away victorious.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
As one walked the corridors of Armazém da Utopia ahead of polls opening, the feeling was still one of hope.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of walk

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The film, which premiered at Visions du Réel, journeys into the past through the director’s diaries and family photographs.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
And so, the two men with very different life philosophies proceed to journey ever deeper into the South American heart of darkness, with a little bit of The Searchers thrown in for good measure.

— Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

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