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nomad

[noh-mad] / ˈnoʊ mæd /
NOUN
person who wanders from place to place
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Once the nomad larvae hatch, they kill the host bee larvae and consume the stored pollen and nectar intended for the mining bees.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

However, this nomad only looked like a pauper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

She saw the tragedy as an "opportunity" to travel the world as a digital nomad, spending months at a time in places like Australia, Bali, Malta, and Thailand.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026

A portion of those clients are distant descendants seeking a second citizenship, while another crop of those clients are seeking passive income visas for retirees and digital nomad visas for remote workers, Pinto said.

From Salon ● May 18, 2025

“You mean besides selling everything we own, becoming a nomad, and charging desperate people a ton of cash to help them?”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

Valencia has become one of Europe’s premier locations for digital nomads.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Claudio Ranieri's pizza-loving Leicester nomads stormed to the Premier League summit and, after briefly giving up top spot to Arsenal, surged clear to become 5,000-1-shot winners.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

If there was any thought that this was a fleeting pandemic-era experiment of laptop nomads logging in from distant shores, data hints at its longevity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Multiple battles with Claudius’ henchmen pepper Scarlet and Hijiri’s journey, as does an encounter with the United Nations of this place: a group of wandering nomads from around the world who’ve come together for companionship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

She liked to sit by the train window and watch the thick woods sliding past, the grassy plains unfurling, the cattle swinging their tails as they were herded by bare-chested nomads.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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