as in trip
a going from one place to another usually of some distance
started on our trek up the mountain before the sun rose
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as in to travel
to take a trip especially of some distance
adventurers trekking across the desert in search of a fabled city of gold
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Recent Examples of trek
George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
The country draws tourists across the world to Marrakech's souks and Medina, camel treks in the Sahara Desert, historic cities like Fez and coastal destinations such as Essaouira, but new warnings highlight potential risks.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Travelers hoping to hit the slopes will want to visit during the winter, while hikers aiming to trek up Mount Rainier should wait until summer.
—Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The extended concert trek, which next stops in Phoenix on Friday, will visit 22 countries before concluding in mid-November in Australia.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
The country draws tourists across the world to Marrakech's souks and Medina, camel treks in the Sahara Desert, historic cities like Fez and coastal destinations such as Essaouira, but new warnings highlight potential risks.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
All the trembling, as Kimbangu touched the sick, alarmed European settlers and reassured the plantation workers who trekked to Nkamba in search of healing.
—Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Travelers hoping to hit the slopes will want to visit during the winter, while hikers aiming to trek up Mount Rainier should wait until summer.
—Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trek
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Step-backs, deep 3s, power drives, trips to the line – every element of their games was on display, and every possession seemed to raise the stakes.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Providence coach Mark Smith feels the turning point came during a spring break trip to Louisville.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The club travels to Portland on Wednesday night for a match against the second-place Thorns, the team that eliminated San Diego from last year’s playoffs.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, be aware that the next six years will bring urges to impulsively travel, and do exciting things to give yourself an adventurous world.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The expedition became the first spaceflight to send humans near the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years, with the crew traveling farther from Earth than any humans before them while seeing unprecedented views of the moon.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Explorers returning from expeditions historically documented their encounters with unfamiliar cultures and territories.—
Suzanne Dundas,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Every 13th night, devoted locals journey up the mountain seeking a sacred cure.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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As Uranus journeys through Gemini and your fourth house of home, your emotional foundations are in for a major shake-up.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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For her entire career, Ann-Margret has been a dedicated supporter of the military and has toured three times with the USO, twice traveling to Southeast Asia to perform for American service members in Vietnam, and at moments on that first trip getting dangerously close to the line of fire herself.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2026
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The cow toured the campus before being captured by wildlife officials.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Silversea is lauded for both its classic ocean liners and expedition ships, which voyage the globe including the Poles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first human to voyage into space just a month before, with American astronaut Alan Shepard close on his heels.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Nearly 100,000 visitors pilgrimage to the area annually to witness a forest canopy cloaked in orange-and-black wings.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Several hundred of them pilgrimage to Arizona each February for the I Heart Pluto Festival.—
David Allan,
CNN Money,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Trek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trek. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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