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adventurer

[ad-ven-cher-er] / ædˈvɛn tʃər ər /


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In 1979, she founded the Wulff School of Fly Fishing with her husband, Lee Wulff, an adventurer who died in a plane crash in 1991.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 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

I once asked James Cameron, the director and adventurer, why we should travel to Mars and such places.

From Slate Dec. 9, 2025

Popular images, such as the fearless adventurer, powerful fighter and skilled seafarer, have become familiar.

From Science Daily Nov. 23, 2025

Alkinoos, calm in power, heard him out, then took the great adventurer by the hand and led him from the fire.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

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

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

The adventurers reckon that they’re probably safe because it’s off-season for the toothy beasts.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

This has been a dangerous avalanche season for snow adventurers in the high Sierra.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

The first European adventurers in the Western Hemisphere did not make careful population counts, but they repeatedly described indigenous America as a crowded, jostling place—“a beehive of people,” as Las Casas put it in 1542.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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