as in traveled
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 trekked
David and Aaron trekked to Seoul in 2024 to watch the Padres open the season against the Dodgers.
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Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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
Agents trekked through muddy terrain in the dark and eventually found Medina curled up in a ball next to a tree.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Jen Murphy has visited Costa Rica dozens of times and trekked the coast-to-coast El Camino Trail.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Alawites trekked for miles to the seashore, bringing home jugs of seawater to fashion salty dough for bread.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
In total, detectives believe that stolen U-Haul trekked between West Sacramento and Woodland at least five times last month – all in the early morning hours.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The trains had been stuck on the tracks for days because of bad weather, and some passengers had trekked into town, likely saving their lives.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Jackson trekked to Arizona during early voting in the 2018 primary elections that preceded large Democratic gains across the country that November.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
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
Agents trekked through muddy terrain in the dark and eventually found Medina curled up in a ball next to a tree.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Jen Murphy has visited Costa Rica dozens of times and trekked the coast-to-coast El Camino Trail.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Alawites trekked for miles to the seashore, bringing home jugs of seawater to fashion salty dough for bread.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
In total, detectives believe that stolen U-Haul trekked between West Sacramento and Woodland at least five times last month – all in the early morning hours.
—Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
The trains had been stuck on the tracks for days because of bad weather, and some passengers had trekked into town, likely saving their lives.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
Jackson trekked to Arizona during early voting in the 2018 primary elections that preceded large Democratic gains across the country that November.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 17 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trekked
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Since 2015, there have been 23 balls hit with an exit velocity of 91 mph or softer that traveled 360 feet and cleared an outfield wall in any ballpark.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Saturday night, Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez travelled to Cauca and pledged a crackdown on terrorism.—
Alfie Pannell,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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But he’s journeyed to Lourdes and Our Lady of Guadalupe, both of which the Vatican has officially recognized as supernatural Marian apparitions.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the pioneers of the frontier myth, however, these real people journeyed through the West not only from the East, but in many different directions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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King visits an urban farming program The king also toured an after-school, urban farming effort in Harlem that works with young people affected by food insecurity, and later planned to meet with business and financial leaders in Manhattan.—
Philip Marcelo,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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After the two couples had tea in the Green Room and toured the White House grounds.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
29 Apr. 2026
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The back parking lot, once a nasty no man’s land where drunken customers wandered off to urinate, has recently been transformed into a performance space that has hosted small gigs including Duane Betts.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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But, as Chen and Shrivastava wandered a Texas restaurant conference, a Dallas heating and air company called Rescue Air found them.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Trekked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trekked. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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