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nomad

noun as in person who wanders from place to place

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In Central Darfur, a recent truce between leaders from the Fur ethnic group - dominant here - and Arab nomads has allowed limited trade in some areas.

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They may have become nomads and hunter-gatherers to stay safe.

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As you may recall from school, hunter-gatherers followed the food; agriculture turned nomads into settlers, who turned wolves into dogs and sheep into wool.

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A dramatic viral video featuring several star players would set the tone for the next nine months as the team, forced into a fellowship of nomads, searched for what it had lost: normalcy.

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I went through a lot of difficult personal times and pushing midlife, I realized I’d been running like a cowboy, like a nomad.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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