strayed
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“I strayed on my wife, and it’s devastating to her and not a very pretty picture. What it isn’t is a crime,” he said at the time.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
More recently, however, as cost-of-living concerns have risen for Singaporean voters, the government has strayed from that formula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
On our way back down, an Australian tourist strayed from the path toward a tunnel entrance.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Britain's Fin Tarling, 19, died during the Volta a Portugal on Friday following a high-speed collision with a van which had strayed on to the closed road.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Your papa, so thick and strong like a maple tree, he never made a fuss about helping my daddy split logs or round up cattle when they strayed.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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