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wanderer

[won-der-er] / ˈwɒn dər ər /


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Fitzgerald calls him a wanderer “skilled in all ways of contending . . . harried for years on end.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

He’s a wanderer in a Bruckner forest — sometimes lost and being lost, newly in awe.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 11, 2025

In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

Watch: “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” a film from Vietnam, follows a wanderer on a spiritual quest.

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2024

Dawn Celeste tells everyone that she’s a retired social worker and perpetual wanderer, and Luke is a college student on hiatus.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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