roam
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There’s something bleakly comical about it: The sleek, rebranded Clippers, re-sentenced to roam the earth as the sad, old Clippers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
Now artificial intelligence offers the prospect of workforces of digitized “agents” that can roam the world unconstrained by national politics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
However, the surface of the planet is a scorching 467 degrees Celsius, the ground is barren and rocky, and clouds of sulfuric acid roam the atmosphere.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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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
Much of this roams pretty far from Orwell’s vision, but that’s not the reason the film fails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 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
Well, it’s a “30 for 30” presentation, and that series roams far and wide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2025
He picks a region and roams the countryside for a week or perhaps two, visiting vineyards and collecting bottles of pleasing vintage to be shipped back to Munich.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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On a summer morning before the heat set in, he pointed out the spot where his flock of over a dozen birds once roamed, strutting across the sand like remnants of the Jurassic era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Researchers have found a trove of dinosaur fossils across the region, which holds the country's richest deposits, offering insight into the creatures that roamed the planet millions of years ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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
Small digs have since uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals - including the bones of a hippopotamus which roamed Wales 120,000 years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
She was demonstrating the use of a pioneer butter churn, and her eyes roamed all over the crowds beside the street.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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Olana, Church’s magnificent home in upstate New York, presents an exhibition of his works from beyond the Hudson Valley—a visual travelogue roaming from South America to the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Kang sat under a tree, waiting for a friend to arrive, and played with one of many cats roaming around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
As an outdoor cat, Charlie would spend her days roaming the streets but one day in April - after recently moving to a new area - she never returned home.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Most Sapiens bands lived on the road, roaming from place to place in search of food.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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