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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

The flight was the greatest adventure of his life, and Jeremy couldn't wait to repeat it.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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

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

Alongside the strip was a photobook entitled "Wrighty on Tour: 25 years of adventures around the globe"

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

And I sort of was a superhero in all the adventures I thought of with her in them.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

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

“That’s precisely why I had Emet-Selch take on the role of chiding like, ‘What’s with that lonely look, as though you know and have adventured through everything there is to see in the world?

From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2022

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

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

It’s definitely a unique experience that might not be right for everyone, but is great for gathering with friends, date night or just adventuring in a new city.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Jones, an adventuring archaeologist, is seen with the hat early on in the movie where he and his companions jump from a crashing plane in an inflatable raft.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024

“I want to go adventuring, I really and truly do,” Horace insisted.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs


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