amble
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Their split-second choice to amble over to the former consolidated the prediction that Mexico will emerge as the winner of the highly anticipated match on June 11.
From Barron's β Jun. 6, 2026
Civilian gawkers amble up the road, snapping photos with the accumulating floral tributes.
From Slate β Feb. 23, 2026
Or you simply want a rustic mountain getaway, one where you can amble through a woodsy little village with zero Starbucks.
From Los Angeles Times β Jan. 29, 2026
In Potterspury, near Milton Keynes, hundreds of free-range turkeys usually amble around farmer Susan Gorst, pecking at the grass.
From BBC β Dec. 18, 2025
Thus I came to develop a passion for sports, and every day I would amble from street to street, neighbourhood to neighbourhood, searching for games to play.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
And when Mitch leaves the building and ambles out into the New York City streets, it looks as though their number won’t happen.
From Salon β Feb. 5, 2026
In automatic mode, the car ambles down the boulevard, murmuring, simmering and keeping its immensity hidden from polite society.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2025
They don’t even fear the rare occasion when a polar bear ambles past the yards.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 11, 2023
As he ambles in for his annual health check, Kwanmueang's size takes your breath away.
From BBC β Jan. 2, 2023
Finch is in front, and I pay more attention to the shine of his hair and the way he ambles, loose-jointed and fluid, than I do to the scenery.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
Matt James, the leading man on Season 25 of “The Bachelor,” ambled around with his mother in a T-shirt that read, “Raw Milk Club.”
From Salon β Jun. 22, 2026
As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.
From Slate β Jun. 5, 2026
The beloved children's character ambled into the world in 1926 in a book written by English author A.A.
From Barron's β Mar. 10, 2026
At the beer garden in Queens, Arnold Kim, 64 and still recovering from a recent hip replacement, ambled from his nearby apartment to witness the youthful celebration first hand.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 6, 2025
Wednesday tipped his cap to them and ambled over to the police car.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
But The Guardian described it as a "slow and ambling show" that "moved with all the urgency of the recently tranquillised".
From BBC β Jun. 20, 2026
His son Eric Trump was ambling around the clubhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jan. 2, 2026
Over and over again, I heard the exact same refrain from the visitors ambling around the Strip.
From Slate β Nov. 18, 2025
After ambling to his preferred seat in the aisle of the emergency exit row, the 6-foot-11 Walton would ask the 5-6 Lewin to sit next to him, proceeding to say nothing about himself.
From Los Angeles Times β Feb. 23, 2025
Bernabe cleared his throat once while ambling nonchalantly onto the front porch.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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