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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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voyage

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verb

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Noun
Others responded with ethnographic studies showing that such voyages were both historic fact and current practice. The Conversation, 14 May 2025 Instead, their voyage across the Strait of Gibraltar becomes a nightmare as they’re relentlessly attacked by rogue orcas. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 May 2025
Verb
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 Wilmore and Williams voyaged home in a spacecraft manufactured by Boeing's competitor, SpaceX. The White House credited Donald Trump for the astronauts' return. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voyage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voyage
Noun
  • The cruise industry has recovered since the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Francine Knowles, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Find ways to pair study and adventure while Mercury cruises through Gemini.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • The ban, which goes into effect on Monday, bars travel to the United States by citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
    Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 5 June 2025
  • The ball traveled 392 feet with an exit velocity of 98.4 mph.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • But then Betts misfired on a flip to second base, sailing the ball over teammate Tommy Edman’s head to put runners on the corners.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
  • Guests will sail aboard the luxurious and modern Amadeus Star, enjoying hotel-style comforts, gourmet cuisine, and private small-group excursions led by an experienced resident tour director.
    Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2025
Verb
  • Organizations need new technical solutions such as customer data platforms (CDPs), journey orchestration engines and unified analytics dashboards while simultaneously adopting a fresh mindset.
    Amit Ojha, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • This story is part of Image’s May issue, which journeys through environments that encourage, nurture or require stillness.
    Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • In the yachting world, the Cannes Film Festival means one thing: the start of the summer boating season.
    Katia Damborsky, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
  • For those who want the boat-life experience but don't require a private charter, there is the option of river boating or small-boat cruising.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Almost a decade later, the game, which tasks players to catch virtual Pokemon by trekking to real-world locations, racked up 100 million players in 2024, Niantic said.
    Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
  • However, just before returning home, the crew picked up the Chinese migrants from Hong Kong and dropped them off at Robe, a community about 365 miles (400 kilometers) west of the main ports in Victoria, from which the migrants trekked overland to the gold mines, Hunter said.
    Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
Verb
  • The family eventually invited him out to Browns headquarters in Berea to tour the team’s facilities and training grounds and meet with team executives and staffers.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 3 June 2025
  • These guys have been touring for decades, never tiring of playing the hits even while steadily putting out albums full of new material.
    Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Piper Niven tripped Vega while Green was distracting the referee before Raw went to break.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • There’s never been any danger that Christopher McQuarrie would trip, fall, and accidentally make Barry Lyndon.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025

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“Voyage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voyage. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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