adventurer
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We talk about how he crossed the frozen Bering Strait in 2006 with French adventurer Dimitri Kieffer and his 186-mile swim across the Caspian Sea.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
The obituary described Flynn as “an adventurer with a penchant for fighting and romance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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
Traditional histories like to equate Beethoven, the colossus of music in the early 1800s, with his contemporary Napoleon Bonaparte, revolutionary-turned-Emperor and serial military adventurer.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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
The adventurers reckon that they’re probably safe because it’s off-season for the toothy beasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
None of them were adventurers, at least not yet.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
