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roam

[rohm] / roʊm /


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But Lagarde’s willingness to roam widely across European policy has characterized her ECB tenure, due to end next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Campaigners have taken part in a mass trespass in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Ashton-in-Makerfield constituency over the right to roam in privately-owned green spaces.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

"Once my men are dropped, they have to roam over large distances to conduct search and rescue," Hawadi said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

From there, I’ll stop and roam around a bit at Del Amo Fashion Center, just to walk it off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

I slipped off my sunglasses as my gaze continued to roam over all the smiling faces.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Until then, Promise's goat will continue enjoying special status at the student halls where he roams freely and even has some human-like habits.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Scarlet wakes up in the Otherworld, an endless, arid landscape with an ocean for sky where a dragon roams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

Ms. Schilinski roams in and out of all the impressions and recollections, most of them stained by sadness and regret, without turning maudlin or melodramatic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

He posted a list on X of what he called “press credentialing FOR DUMMIES: Press no longer roams free Press must wear visible badge Credentialed press no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025

Mamá says she roams the rivers of the world in search of them.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

When Amy Potter was growing up, she roamed free in rural Australia and jumped off a shed onto her trampoline until it had a hole in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Researchers believe the giant herbivores roamed during the Pleistocene epoch, spanning from 2.5 million years ago until their extinction about 11,700 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026

"This was left in the Late Jurassic when long-necked dinosaurs such as Diplodocus and Camarasaurus roamed North America," Dr. Romilio said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Earlier research modeled what would happen to deer-vehicle collisions if mountain lions recolonized the eastern United States, where they once roamed before hunting and habitat destruction left them largely confined to the West.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The doors at the back of the auditorium opened, and the roving yearbook photographer roamed in, needing a picture of the drama club.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Yet Ditka somehow managed to surpass all of that once he hung up his helmet and started roaming the sidelines in aviator sunglasses and a sweater-vest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

KDDI’s decision to substantially reduce roaming support for Rakuten from Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Her mother is from County Down and Edgar-Jones spent her childhood roaming fields in Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ranch activities include hurtling through agility courses, swimming beneath a massive artificial waterfall and roaming sprawling fantasy playgrounds built expressly for their entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Earlier, when I drove to Gray Horse, I’d been startled by the sight of bison roaming through the prairie with their bowed heads and massive woolly bodies supported seemingly impossibly on narrow legs.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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