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adventurer

[ad-ven-cher-er] / ædˈvɛn tʃər ər /


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An adventurer has completed the first leg of his latest challenge after losing contact with his UK team for almost 24 hours.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The British adventurer makes her acrobatic moves against a background of realistic graphics, complete with her trademark sarcastic quips.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

As for why after 30 years people still want to play as the twin-pistoled adventurer, Michał Kuk, Creative Director at Flying Wild Hog, said it was not just about her athletic ability.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Winthrop made little headway, but Phips—an adventurer whom Mr. Marquis describes as “one of the more colorful and rascally figures of the era”—reached his objective, the city of Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

“I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure,” he said to himself.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

Even so, sonic adventurers, beginning with Leopold Stokowski in the 1930s, experimented with amplification in an obsessive, seemingly quixotic effort to locate a mythical sonic grail on the Cahuenga Pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

Nepal is home to eight of the world's 10 highest peaks and welcomes hundreds of adventurers each spring.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

The game, which tells the story of a group of adventurers on a quest to destroy her, was praised for its emotional narrative and use of old-school, turn-based battles.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026

Figures like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon were adventurers, and while perhaps not personally admirable, they changed history and changed it irrevocably:

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

As though aware of these preparations and their meaning, the three adventurers increased their pace as much as was possible within the limits determined by the old dog’s strength.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford


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