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adventure

[ad-ven-cher] / Γ¦dˈvΙ›n tΚƒΙ™r /


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After a role in the 2025 superhero adventure Dispatch, McLoughlin's got a new role in Hitman, the successful "assassination simulator" from Danish studio IO Interactive.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Actor Anthony Palmini plays Rhysand, the smoldering character from the hit literary series “A Court of Thorns and Roses,” in a full-cast audiobook version of the fantastical tale of romance and adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

And, over an eight-day golfing adventure to 10 courses in the remote Inner and Outer Hebrides, Askernish was the most groomed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Conceiving his adaptation as a childlike sci-fi fairy tale, Waititi draws from his cheerful 2016 adolescent adventure “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and the mixture of pathos and irony that informed “Jojo Rabbit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

“Funny,” the woman continued, “you’ve got the same name as the adventure writer. But I don’t reckon he’d need sailing lessons!”

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

By 2023, Mahlum was ready to begin new adventures and sold the fitness company for a staggering $88.4 million.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

The cartoon began as a preschool animation on YouTube called Fire Spike!, which was about the adventures of a dragon and his friends.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Since 1989 Gromit, the animated dog from Bristol's Aardman Animations, has shared adventures with his cheese-loving owner Wallace, from spaceflight to being pursued by robotic garden gnomes.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

An open-ended conclusion invites readers ages 8-12 to return for future adventures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

His intention was to go to London to see if he could interest one of the theaters there in a play about his adventures with the pirates.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Bruce: We were as basic as we could be, talking about something we’ve never fully adventured into, and rightly so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

On the one hand, he tells us, the annals are haunted by “those who almost adventured, who almost achieved, but ultimately, for them, it proved to be too much.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

I’m not sure Dave will be around in a year or two when I’m all adventured out.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2020

As I look back at my vanlife adventure, it blows my mind that I’ve adventured more during the first year of my 30s than almost all 29 years before.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2019

George Marston, the official artist of the expedition, had adventured in the Antarctic with Shackleton, too.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

A self-described B-student, he spent his childhood adventuring in the wilderness near his hometown of Seattle, and as a kid had preferred skiing to YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Whether he’s adventuring in creator Michael Bond’s children’s books, making the jump to animated TV series or most recently, the big screen, Paddington always sees the best in people.

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025

Tania Davidson is a psychologist who spends her free time backpacking, sailing and otherwise adventuring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Mr Deen added that Jeremiah liked football, exploring and adventuring, and that the family would not dwell on the sadness, but would "focus on how happy he made us in his life".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024

“Dad and Mom went off adventuring, and you and Papa stayed here. Maybe it’s time to get off this rock.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila


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