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As a large turtle lumbered across the island's sands on Wednesday, tourism operator Famau said his sector supports 90 percent of the island.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

From it emerged a 64-year-old dairyman, burly and tan, who left the engine running as he lumbered toward me with open arms.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The truck lumbered through the forest in the setting sun, stopping at a grove of bigcone Douglas-fir trees, where West and a colleague unloaded the cage, lifted the door and waited as Orange peeked outside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

State biologists set up a trap and the bear soon lumbered into it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025

Tyson lumbered over, careful not to step on the sheep.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan



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