peregrinate

verb

ˈper-ə-grə-ˌnāt How to pronounce peregrinate (audio)
Definition of peregrinatenext
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peregrinate
  1. traverse
  2. travel
  3. cross
  4. trek
  5. follow
  6. voyage
  7. walk
  8. journey
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  • There’s still time to catch the craftsmanship of artist Laura Busse Dolan of Applied Imagination for this year’s show, featuring 25 intricate model trains of different eras traversing a tiny New York City scene constructed of natural materials.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In part because Colombian troops were unable to traverse harsh jungles, Panama declared an effectively bloodless independence within hours in November 1903.
    Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of traverse
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  • These people are traveling the world, getting paid to walk and talk in amazing locations.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The 18 seniors from last year who are traveling on Rhule’s dime will carry the flag, metaphorically, for all of the former Huskers who missed an opportunity to attend a bowl game from 2017 through 2023.
    Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of travel
Verb
  • In particular, the agricultural industry has crossed several forms of wheat to increase yields.
    Marie Bladt, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • April 2021: Inflation rates cross 4% and increase rapidly.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of cross
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  • Since Election Day, world leaders have trekked to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
    Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
  • As the pandemic battered the region, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, leaving directly from their country or from neighboring ones, trekked north through Panama’s Darién Gap, where Haitians and Ecuadoreans were also fleeing their countries’ gangs.
    Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of trek
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  • The novel follows Violet Sorrengail, whose commanding mother denies her entry to the safe Scribe Quadrant and forces her into Basgiath War College, where students fight to become elite dragon riders.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Those two models were followed closely by two other BYD cars in the leaderboard for November.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of follow
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  • Book now with Aqua Expeditions Amazon River voyages with Seabourn Journeying through the Boca dos Botos portion of the Amazon River in Brazil, Seabourn's expedition team will immerse you in the region's one-of-a-kind ecosystem.
    Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Dec. 2024
  • This authentic replica of an ancient Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe was built in the 1970s and has since voyaged thousands of nautical miles.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of voyage
Verb
  • Found near a mailbox, Jack quickly learned to walk on a leash and even perform tricks like rolling over.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • But a pair of tourists, Sean Dixon and Sarah Jardine from California, were there as well and walked the aisles and observed the scaffolding which obstructed the view a bit.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of walk
Verb
  • Over a lifetime, Sacks would journey far—from gay, bohemian California to a monastic life in New York.
    Michael S. Roth, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • After the festivities, guests are welcome to take it easy on Sunday and enjoy the ambiance of the festival’s final event—A Southern Jazz Brunch—before heading to the airport to journey back home.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of journey
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