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About 30,000 people each year visit anyway, according to a city study, most of them trespassing for more than a mile along oily train tracks that wend along the Sacramento River.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

The park includes a collection of waterways that wend through marshes and islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

Currently, most designs for Arctic shipping routes have vessels sticking close to the edge of the ice as they wend their way through the sea.

From Scientific American • May 1, 2023

Recently, however, I once again came across a figure from the McCarthy era who did indeed notice, but bear with me as I slowly wend my way toward him.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2023

It takes us a long time to wend our way back down the stairs.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black