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To go on a journey

explore

verb

to travel to a place in order to learn about it or to search for something valuable such as oil

go

verb

to move or travel to a place that is away from where you are now

come

verb

to move or travel to the place where you are

go

verb

to move or travel to a place, or to leave a place, in order to do a particular thing

come

verb

to move or travel a particular distance to where you are

travel

verb

to go from one place to another, especially in a vehicle

travel

verb

to go a particular distance

get around

to go or travel to different places

roam

verb

to move or travel with no particular purpose

island-hop

verb

to travel from island to island within the same group of islands, especially as part of a holiday

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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