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There are three possible routes the brothers have been trekking in hopes of gaining their freedom.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

Seattlelites who have been trekking to Tukwila and Lynnwood for the bread and sweets at 85°C Bakery Café, you now have a closer outpost at the corner of South Jackson Street and Fifth Avenue South.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2019

The surge of people from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean who have been trekking in ever-greater numbers across the Americas in hopes of reaching the United States presents the new U.S. administration with a conundrum.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2016

Hundreds of thousands have been trekking across the Balkan peninsula to reach the richer European countries to the north and west, especially Germany, which is preparing to accept 800,000 migrants this year.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2015

Many of them have been trekking on to Canada, which has been more receptive to refugees from the two countries.

From Time Magazine Archive