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wander

[won-der] / ˈwɒn dər /




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Whitelee was built on Eaglesham Moor and contains footpaths and tracks for walkers to wander between the turbines as well as a visitor centre.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

They wander among the houses -- painted mostly in shades of white, yellow or brown -- and go biking or hiking in the surrounding hills of central Slovakia.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

He figured the more time he was there, the more new viewers would wander in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

The meandering floor plan, with its rooms of various sizes and orientations alongside their resulting passageways and corners, demands that you wander, not map, your perusal of the galleries.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

But if I’m not biting at their heels, they just wander off to play.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

“Spirited Away” is a story of a girl, Chihiro, who wanders with her parents into a magical realm and ends up getting stuck there when her mother and father transform into pigs.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

And, occasionally, she wanders into daydreams that Hayakawa presents so matter-of-factly that viewers may sometimes be unsure if what they’re seeing is actually happening.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

As she makes haste to finish her shopping, a young man wanders past clutching a small glass bottle of a green spread.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Blond Policeman wanders to the open door of my room.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Djokovic probably could have wandered into Taylor Swift’s basketball court wedding and nobody would have flinched.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

But when the kick-off was delayed from 01:00 to 02:00, Merry said her husband wandered off for a nap.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

At various points while watching “Louis C.K.: Ridiculous,” my mind wandered back to the many times such kamikaze socializing missions were thrust upon me when I was a kid.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

One day he wandered into the Fashion District and bumped into a childhood friend who told him there was money to be made selling dresses.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

Vinny and Danny flew down to Miami, where they wandered around empty neighborhoods built with subprime loans, and saw with their own eyes how bad things were.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Before long the dining room had red leather booths, a seaside mural on the wall, a bar in back and sometimes a wandering accordion player.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Monger said she loves the contrast of seeing people wandering around dressed as Darth Vader in the Lancashire seaside town.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

So some visitors may actually "relieve themselves in someone's garden", said Ondrik, who occasionally finds a tourist wandering into his own house.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

Every Walmart frozen pizza aisle has Europeans wandering around like they’re in Versailles.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 29, 2026

“I did. I did do that. When I was a wandering soul, the cottage was the only light in the forest. Seemed wrong to leave it dark for too long.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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