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adventure

[ad-ven-cher] / ædˈvɛn tʃər /


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If you’re looking for action and adventure, Sam calls The End of Oak Street a “nasty little throwback to Jurassic Park.”

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

Happily, there’s always another adventure right around the corner, whatever age you are.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

“Under Story,” Benjamin’s greatly anticipated follow-up to her breakout hit, is an ambitious and fantasy-inflected adventure story that unfolds in parallel universes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

“His tenacity, his drive, his zeal, his adventure for life. He’s just Naya in boy form,” Previtire said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

And then, trying my best to seem honest and cheery, I add, “It’ll be an adventure, and I’ll come back and tell you all about it!”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

If you’re consistent with your goals, the more Dora the Explorer–style adventures your bird can go on.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

The story, which is told entirely in rhyme, follows Crumble the cat on his daring garden adventures.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

In its IPO prospectus about a decade later, the company pitched itself as a way for sports enthusiasts to share their adventures and passions.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

It was restarted from scratch in 2013 with a new trilogy dubbed "Survivor", chronicling the adventures of a younger, less experienced Lara.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

There was the newsreel that told of amazing inventions and adventures in far-off lands; there were the cartoons and the slapstick comedies, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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

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

But halfway down the steps, she realized just how long it had been since she’d adventured by herself.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

During the day, when you aren’t out adventuring, you can find a shady spot beneath a towering ponderosa pine or cedar tree.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 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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