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adventure

[ad-ven-cher] / ædˈvɛn tʃər /


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The flesh-and-blood narrative offers a new take on 2011's "Green Lantern," a Ryan Reynolds-led space adventure movie.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

They described him as a much-loved son, family member and friend whose days were filled with "purpose, laughter and adventure".

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Hikers were tromping right through the middle of the village, led by a user-generated route on a popular outdoors adventure app, she said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

He had been in Boy Scouts and had an appetite for adventure, but it was the prospect of having his college paid for that sealed the deal.

From Slate Jul. 14, 2026

I thought back on the part I played in the fortune-teller case, as the book peddler in the Maroney adventure, and as the haunting, hammered bank teller in the Drysdale affair.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Though their big-screen adventures could not capture the comedic chaos of their stage act, Martin and Lewis transformed even the most pedestrian screenplay into box-office gold.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

The Covid pandemic also prevented "normal adventures and experiences", she says.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

He has cut back on dating in general, too, along with fewer meals and other adventures with friends.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

She’s 25 and unemployed, and it’s unclear at first how she acquired the funds to splurge on an on-site cottage with a pool, 90-minute massages, and various forced-fun adventures.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

About fighting demons and monsters, saving princesses, and going on adventures with his best bud, Enkidu.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

Stay: The historic Hotel Andaluz is a five-minute walk from the Albuquerque station, making it a perfect home base for adventuring.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 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

The original Dragon’s Dogma, from 2012, married robust combat with slow, methodical adventuring and baroque, anime-esque pomp.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 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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