traverse
verb (used with object)
to pass or move over, along, or through.
have been traversing
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present perfect progressiveof traverse.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In the past few weeks, executives have been traversing the U.S. showing off the tool, called Copilot for Security.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Carrying their meager belongings, the migrants have been traversing the ankle-deep river between Mexico and Texas.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
Mr Hichilema's campaign team say that the security forces have heavily restricted his efforts to mobilise support, while President Lungu and his running mate, microbiologist Nkandu Luo, have been traversing Zambia freely.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2021
He and Gutierrez have been traversing these hills on horseback for as long as they can remember.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
The inhabitants also were removed beforehand, and, when the troops advanced, they might have been traversing a wilderness, so complete was the ruin and desolation on all sides.
From Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery by C. A. Rose
