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Each year, more than 120,000 ships traverse the pirate-infested waters off Southeast Asia.traverse = travel across
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The tunnel has been cleared of water, so trains can traverse the river again.
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A hundred miles, and only one day to traverse them! (source)
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The sun traversed a shallow arc over the horizon and soon set.† (source)traversed = traveled across
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The distance—physical and mental—that had been traversed in the last decade nearly stopped my breath, and I wondered if perhaps I had changed too much.† (source)
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Descending one flight, he exited the belfry and traversed the hall to the main stair, as was his habit.† (source)
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It probably happened as he traversed a series of melting beaver ponds just beyond the Teklanika's western bank, but there is nothing to indicate that he suffered any harm in the mishap.† (source)traversed = traveled across
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Tonight the Sunday clothes would be wrapped in newspaper and hung for Sunday and the shoes would be packed away to be brought out again only when the weather turned so cold that bare feet could no longer traverse the frozen roads; but for today we all suffered.† (source)traverse = travel across
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The rover was made for traversing extremely rugged terrain, often at steep angles.† (source)traversing = traveling across
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He traverses the cellar until he finds Volkheimer in the gold armchair.† (source)traverses = travels across
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Eddis controls the only easily traversable pass through the mountains between Sounis and Attolia, the two wealthiest trading countries in this part of the world.† (source)traversable = crossable (able to be crossed)standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
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Two quiet figures were within the room; two figures, equally still and impassive, equally removed by an untraversable distance from the teeming earth and all that it contains, though soon to lie in it.† (source)untraversable = not crossable (able to be crossed)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untraversable means not and reverses the meaning of traversable. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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He was retracing his route, walking down a street he'd traversed twice before, when he finally saw the sign, small and yellow and mounted high on the corner of a bar.† (source)traversed = traveled across
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I knew I could never traverse it, regain the track, get back to where it was warm; I knew I was directionless; I knew I was lost.† (source)traverse = travel across
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Now, traversing this glorious field, the boy came across a pile of fieldstones.† (source)traversing = traveling across
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Lousy Lane traverses the Grim River, a body of water that is nine-tenths mud and that contains extremely unnerving fish, and it encircles a horseradish factory, so the entire area smells bitter and strong.† (source)traverses = travels across
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