- present participle of wander.
wandering
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And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
This network seems to engage with our self-referential thinking and autobiographical memory—the sorts of things we think about when we are at rest, our minds wandering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Los Angeles River was still pretty much what it had been for eons: a wandering river of the West, often nothing more than damp wetlands in summer, but quickening into rushwaters in winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
She’s more cautious, however, when patients have moderate or advanced dementia, wandering behavior, recurring episodes of confusion, significant behavioral symptoms, unstable medical illnesses or impaired mobility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He could guide a wandering spirit into the Afterlife before their tea grew cold!
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Evidence of these wanderings arrives in L.A. this fall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Inside this edition, Cranach's map presents the stations of the wilderness wanderings and the division of the Promised Land into twelve tribal regions.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025
Ms. Orlean has gleaned many of her ideas from serendipitous wanderings around city neighborhoods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Susie, who is somewhat of a local celebrity in Dorchester, Dorset, has become so popular that an illustrated book has been published about her wanderings.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025
So matters stood when the tenth year of Odysseus’ wanderings neared its close.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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