adventure
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But their shared lust for adventure created a prickly tension within their family unit, a strain between their passion and parentage that sits at the documentary’s emotional center.
From Salon β Nov. 1, 2026
This documentary is made for IMAX-loving, secondhand adventure seekers.
From Salon β Nov. 1, 2026
His popularity on TikTok has soared following his latest adventure.
From BBC β Oct. 27, 2026
Hart’s “Meeting Ourselves” is woozy and vaguely threatening, with lines like “Don’t be scared / Open the door” bringing to mind a shadowy Lewis Carroll adventure.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 27, 2026
It’s the same smile, just decades apart, with the same spark of adventure in it.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
With his journey almost complete, Karl Bushby reflects on adventures that have taken him across four continents, as well as strained relationships and how life as he knows it is about to change dramatically.
From BBC β Oct. 31, 2026
The short, cinematic adventures are rarely the main reason players pick up the latest title, but are nevertheless popular.
From BBC β Oct. 22, 2026
Then go back to looking at those beachfront condos with beautiful views and trendy historic lofts, all the while dreaming about your future adventures.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
Holmes and Watson’s adventures “give us the material world of Victorian London with a solidity that not even Dickens can match.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
He’d been wild about pirates for months now, ever since Nate started telling him stories about his adventures at sea.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
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 β 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 β Feb. 2, 2022
One seal even adventured under a picnic table near a cafe, the newspaper reported.
From Seattle Times β Jan. 30, 2019
As Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel, Carol has led the Avengers, adventured with the X-Men and saved the world over and over again.
From The Verge β Sep. 19, 2018
But halfway down the steps, she realized just how long it had been since she’d adventured by herself.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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 β Apr. 3, 2026
During the day, when you aren’t out adventuring, you can find a shady spot beneath a towering ponderosa pine or cedar tree.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 28, 2024
Jones, an adventuring archaeologist, is seen with the hat early on in the movie where he and his companions jump from a crashing plane in an inflatable raft.
From BBC β Aug. 17, 2024
The original Dragon’s Dogma, from 2012, married robust combat with slow, methodical adventuring and baroque, anime-esque pomp.
From New York Times β Mar. 21, 2024
He lets Scoob navigate the whole trip from his map, and they make the same stops so Dad can see all Scoob and G’ma got up to on their adventuring.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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