wander
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A digital waitlist lets you wander around the neighborhood, browse the shops, maybe get a head start on another errand.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
In contrast, the title track is one of the few on the recording that maintains the same mood throughout, one that makes the Swiss city sound like a fascinating place in which to wander.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It’s somewhat of an idyllic place where the seashore is lined with wooden houses; sheep graze along the grassy cliffsides and residents wander around the shops in bathrobes and clogs, right after their morning swims.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
When the power cuts out after dark in Vientiane, families wander outside to avoid the stifling heat indoors, using cell phones to light their way.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
In tonal music, just about any melody is allowed, as long as it fits into the harmonies as they wander away from and then head back to their home base.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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“It sets him on a journey as he wanders through his Rust Belt town,” Coury said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
As he poured the traditional cup of wine for the prophet, Rabbi Aft reminded his community that Elijah wanders the earth disguised as a stranger, testing humanity’s capacity for hospitality, compassion and kindness.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 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
Celia wanders past the desk and stops in front of the fireplace, watching the miniature pages turning through time on the clock upon the mantel.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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She noted that tourists and security footage showed the dog had not wandered beyond a roughly two-mile stretch of the Canyon Village area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Parents who claim their toddler wandered off from nursery and was found by a stranger on a busy road say they have been left traumatised.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Twelve years later, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wandered directly into the bit.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Gudrun Schumann, 72, a retired physician who wandered past the rally, said she understood the AfD appeals to voters angry over mounting problems with healthcare, education and the cost of living.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Unable to sit still, she wandered the halls like a restless ghost.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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England began their wandering winter with a sloppy loss to Pakistan in the one-day tri-series in Rawalpindi.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The researchers also uncovered an intriguing connection between these wandering stars and dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
As the song played, people from neighboring studios, including hip-hop producers and other musicians, began wandering in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
“A wandering soul came to Deadwood two nights ago. I’ve tried to usher her into every realm in the Afterlife, but she won’t leave.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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