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adventure

[ad-ven-cher] / Γ¦dˈvΙ›n tΚƒΙ™r /


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If you’ve never been on an adventure trip before, if you’ve only been to resorts, it’s not assumed that something can go wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The couple, from Pennsylvania in the US, wanted a destination wedding that would take their family and friends on an adventure with them.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

"We wanted to go somewhere that would take our whole family on an adventure with us," Hayden said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Opera will once again revive director Mario Bava’s 1961 movie, “Hercules in the Haunted World,” a sword-and-sandal adventure that The Times has described as having “low-budget production values, atrocious acting and even worse dubbing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As he flew across the great ocean, he shut his eyes and thought of Giant’s Causeway, of Pili, of the next part of his adventure.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Set in a fictional trailer park in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Trailer Park Boys follows the adventures of three longtime friends and petty criminals.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

If you’re consistent with your goals, the more Dora the Explorer–style adventures your bird can go on.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

Christopher and Anya’s adventures unspool at a breathless pace as they hop from island to island, dueling with pirates, trespassing among giants and competing in a deadly street race featuring some of Glimouria’s nastier creatures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

On the screen, in a series of daredevil adventures, the actor had extricated himself from a hundred impossible predicaments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Viju told me about your adventures last night! And how you and your baba stood up to Gupta! I wish I could have been there!”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins

Bruce: We were as basic as we could be, talking about something we’ve never fully adventured into, and rightly so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

On the one hand, he tells us, the annals are haunted by “those who almost adventured, who almost achieved, but ultimately, for them, it proved to be too much.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

I’m not sure Dave will be around in a year or two when I’m all adventured out.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2020

As I look back at my vanlife adventure, it blows my mind that I’ve adventured more during the first year of my 30s than almost all 29 years before.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2019

George Marston, the official artist of the expedition, had adventured in the Antarctic with Shackleton, too.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

A self-described B-student, he spent his childhood adventuring in the wilderness near his hometown of Seattle, and as a kid had preferred skiing to YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Stay: The historic Hotel Andaluz is a five-minute walk from the Albuquerque station, making it a perfect home base for adventuring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2024

Mr Deen added that Jeremiah liked football, exploring and adventuring, and that the family would not dwell on the sadness, but would "focus on how happy he made us in his life".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024

The original Dragon’s Dogma, from 2012, married robust combat with slow, methodical adventuring and baroque, anime-esque pomp.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

Everyone must go adventuring sooner or later, yet finding one’s way home is not easy.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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