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As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

On a recent morning, Mike, a charismatic, middle-aged chimp, ambled along the savannah floor, baobab fruit dangling by a stem from his mouth -- a snack for later -- as Sadiakhou watched.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

At the beer garden in Queens, Arnold Kim, 64 and still recovering from a recent hip replacement, ambled from his nearby apartment to witness the youthful celebration first hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Each played unique arrangements of the songs, not quite synchronized, but if you ambled the long walkways, you heard the material in different contexts as though this were sonic surrealism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

He ambled back to his starting point near the cherry birch, his toes turned awkwardly in.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig