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peripatetic

[per-uh-puh-tet-ik] / ˌpɛr ə pəˈtɛt ɪk /


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It’s just a day in the life of the peripatetic wolf, who was born in far Northeastern California in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

His dual nationality and peripatetic, bi-cultural upbringing, combined with travel grants in 1927 and 1949 that took him all over Europe, Asia and North Africa, produced arguably the most cosmopolitan artist of his generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Eugene Allen Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, in 1930 and led a peripatetic childhood.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

According to Elaine Godfrey of the Atlantic, that relationship is the one "throughline" in her politically peripatetic career.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2025

Fischer’s assurances notwithstanding, his peripatetic alpine career was rough on his family.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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