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as in cruise
a journey over water in a vessel the long, perilous voyage down the Atlantic seaboard, around Cape Horn, and up South America's Pacific coast

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verb

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Recent Examples of voyage
Noun
The men weren’t vetted as their potential wives were, and many cultural mores survived the transatlantic voyage. Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025 And time and again, the voyage circled back through Austin. Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Verb
To be clear, this theory is incorrect, and those six women really did voyage into space in a Blue Origin rocket, but where did this story come from? Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2025 For some context, that Titan submersible voyaging to the wreckage imploded at a depth of more than 10,000 feet. Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voyage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voyage
Noun
  • Building its own domestic and anti-ballistic defence systems is out of Ukraine’s capacity at the moment—and as such, Ukraine has focused on the development of cruise and ballistic missiles--namely the Neptune and Hrim-2 —since the war’s outset.
    Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Russia fired 397 Shahed and decoy drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv and five other regions, authorities said.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • It’s thought that Netanyahu may travel to New York in September, prior to the mayoral election, to speak at the U.N. General Assembly’s world leaders meeting.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 22 July 2025
  • Amass, 18, broke into the first team at the end of last season but stayed in Manchester instead of travelling to Stockholm for United’s friendly against Leeds and will also miss the U.S. tour as talks progress on his next move.
    David Ornstein, New York Times, 22 July 2025
Verb
  • Boaters can set out from the property and sail into Vineyard Harbor and the open waters beyond.
    Mary Forgione, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Inspired by Soap Box Derby races, they were engineered simply so families could assemble them at home for kids to learn to sail.
    Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • This family journey deeply shaped Fisher’s lifelong scholarly drive to chronicle the struggles and the triumphs of Black communities in the American West.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025
  • Use empathy maps and journey mapping to identify user pain points, motivations and workflow dependencies.
    Dan Teixeira, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • The single-story five-room house stretches comfortably over 4,000 square feet (370 square meters) on a plot more than four times that footprint—with a private boating dock.
    Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
Verb
  • Visitors had to trek into a ravine, navigate the overgrown forest and locate the ruins.
    Aspen Pflughoeft July 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
  • Archaeologist and travel company founder Peter Sommer—who has trekked 2,000 miles across Turkey retracing Alexander the Great’s route—shares five sites that offer tourists millennia-old history, unblemished landscapes, and intrepid hikes - all without the crowds.
    Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • Linkin Park is currently touring the world in support of their 2024 album, From Zero.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 July 2025
  • The former college football star who found a career in comedy when his Vine videos went viral has grown steadily in stature over the years, still posting funny comedy bits but also touring nationwide.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • With no direct service, plane trips back to the U.S. can take upwards of 19 hours.
    William P. Barrett, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Filmmakers clearly constructed all these scenes, a fact that neither trips our ethical wires nor stops our biological reactions.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025

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“Voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voyage. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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