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stray

adjective as in abandoned, wandering

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This snake is classified as a stray and is not currently available for adoption.

Still, “Good Boy” doesn’t stray too far from the film’s core strength: a normal dog doing normal dog things.

They argued that the then-president had strayed from the environmental promises he made when he ran for election, such as by approving a massive oil drilling project on the North Slope of Alaska.

Thurmond strayed sharply from the pack on the issue, saying he voted “no” on Proposition 36 and citing his career as a social worker.

Parents and leaders caution children to stay on the path and not to stray off.

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

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