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meander

[mee-an-der] / miˈæn dər /


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This team isn’t built to meander through the opening weeks of the season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

This month’s Rafale deal is symptomatic of the historic Indian tendency to meander on defense modernization, Sameer Lalwani, an expert on the Indian military at the German Marshall Fund, says in a phone interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Guiraudie avoids urgency at all costs, letting his characters meander through the woods and have entire conversations that have nothing to do with Jérémie’s sexuality at all.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

Kids stay up late, ice cream becomes a food group and people are out and about, undergirded by an unspoken permission to meander through the days.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024

“Go on home,” she told her mare, Cinders, who was so gentle and smart that Miss Maggie could ride bareback and then turn her loose to meander home.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk




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