aimlessly

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The 21-year-old tanker sailed aimlessly for more than a month, according to ship-tracking data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

On the hour, with time of the essence and an equaliser required, Spurs supporters erupted as the ball was played around aimlessly at the back in the manner of a team defending a healthy lead.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

And, as Dreier points out, spacecraft would be “left to tumble aimlessly in space” and billions wasted that have already been spent.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025

But the hard-liners have not merely been idle bystanders, whining aimlessly as they get outvoted.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2024

His brow was crisscrossed with wrinkles, his dark eyes brooded and burned with some kind of invisible suffering, and the fingers of his right hand played aimlessly with a long, gray earlock.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok