adventure
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“They still have that bit of allure of discovery and sense of adventure, which is hard to find in this digital age when everything is available online,” she said of drugstores abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Nobody wants to order mozzarella sticks anymore, they want the adventure of finding the best secret combo of mozzarella sticks dipped into various sauces in the cornucopia of a Chili’s Triple Dipper.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Officials said all 115 passengers and crew were "evacuated to shore" from the "Toys Boat" -- which says it offers children an "unforgettable adventure" -- mainly by coastguards.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
She wrote on X following the president's announcement that her job has been "the honor and adventure of a lifetime".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
His mom always said that moving all the time—being nomads, she called it—was an adventure, and he went along with it, but really, he hated moving, hated starting a new school.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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The manuscript, which includes the daughter’s blurry Polaroid snapshots and postcards from their travels, chronicles the pair’s trials, adventures and conversations as they pursue Nanna’s past and their own futures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Through their adventures, Kratos tries to teach his son to be a better god, while Atreus tries to teach his father how to be a better human," the streamer said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
America’s most-loved fictional titans, Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne, have bottomless wealth to fund their vigilante adventures, making them especially mesmerizing to an audience raised on rags-to-riches fables.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Then, there is former Gov. Mark Sanford, who gained fame as a budget hawk and infamy for his extramarital adventures on the “Appalachian Trail.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
I wanted so badly to reciprocate, but what could I tell him that would ever compare to such adventures?
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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 ● Mar. 27, 2024
“That’s precisely why I had Emet-Selch take on the role of chiding like, ‘What’s with that lonely look, as though you know and have adventured through everything there is to see in the world?
From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2022
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 ● Feb. 2, 2022
I’m not sure Dave will be around in a year or two when I’m all adventured out.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2020
George Marston, the official artist of the expedition, had adventured in the Antarctic with Shackleton, too.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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 ● Apr. 3, 2026
If biking with a cat or small dog is on someone’s bucket list, the brand’s pet carrier clicks right into the rear cargo rack for easy adventuring.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
Tania Davidson is a psychologist who spends her free time backpacking, sailing and otherwise adventuring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024
Mr Deen added that Jeremiah liked football, exploring and adventuring, and that the family would not dwell on the sadness, but would "focus on how happy he made us in his life".
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024
Everyone must go adventuring sooner or later, yet finding one’s way home is not easy.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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