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stray

adjective as in abandoned, wandering

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Local workers were quickly dispatched to cut down stray branches from trees.

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A stray bottle of amaretto – missed in Jones' sweep of the house – triggered another bout of drinking.

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That was the plan again on Tuesday, and five no-hit innings by Ohtani wasn’t about to make manager Dave Roberts stray from an organizational directive.

The Henriquez family owned George for four years, having taken him in after the stray was treated by the vet where Fran's mum worked.

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Mr Bane said he had woken up when he heard the anchor alarm - which rings if the boat is straying from its mooring - and realised that Sarm was no longer on the yacht.

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

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