adventurer
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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
A British adventurer has been refused permission to use the Channel Tunnel to complete his 36,000-mile walk around the world.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
And he was very much an adventurer, right?
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
It wasn’t like he was an adventurer like his grandfather—or even his father, for that matter.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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
Maybe every other generation, the ones he’d never known, had been full of brilliant adventurers and romantic dreamers, like himself.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
