adventurer
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An adventurer until the end, Whittaker died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Wash., his son Leif confirmed to the New York Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
I once asked James Cameron, the director and adventurer, why we should travel to Mars and such places.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
Popular images, such as the fearless adventurer, powerful fighter and skilled seafarer, have become familiar.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 23, 2025
At its head was Frederick Funston, an adventurer who had fought with the Cuban rebels before America joined the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025
He was a true renaissance man—a best-selling author, an undersea adventurer, and a discoverer of long-lost ships.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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
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
LONDON—The band of adventurers call it “Operation Certain Death.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The mountain’s close proximity to Los Angeles, coupled with social media content promoting the hike, encourages inexperienced adventurers, Fordham said, with “zero regard to the actual danger they’re putting themselves in.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
With Styx’s charm set on low, we were no longer fearless adventurers.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
