adventurer
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We talk about how he crossed the frozen Bering Strait in 2006 with French adventurer Dimitri Kieffer and his 186-mile swim across the Caspian Sea.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The British adventurer makes her acrobatic moves against a background of realistic graphics, complete with her trademark sarcastic quips.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Winthrop made little headway, but Phips—an adventurer whom Mr. Marquis describes as “one of the more colorful and rascally figures of the era”—reached his objective, the city of Quebec.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
An adventurer until the end, Whittaker died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Wash., his son Leif confirmed to the New York Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
The novelty of the new world brought forth the adventurer in him—he wanted to see it all, the whole city, what had become of it.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
But in 1989, shortly after the Loma Prieta Earthquake, an intrepid group of pinniped adventurers swam beneath the bridge and headed east to Pier 39’s K-Dock, where they decided to make a home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Figures like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon were adventurers, and while perhaps not personally admirable, they changed history and changed it irrevocably:
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
This has been a dangerous avalanche season for snow adventurers in the high Sierra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
He found all types: idealists, ambitious people, adventurers, those with social resentments, even common criminals.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
