amble
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Their split-second choice to amble over to the former consolidated the prediction that Mexico will emerge as the winner of the highly anticipated match on June 11.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Civilian gawkers amble up the road, snapping photos with the accumulating floral tributes.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
Or you simply want a rustic mountain getaway, one where you can amble through a woodsy little village with zero Starbucks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
Visitors to the Holly museum would amble over those specs as they arrived and departed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
As I amble back, I wonder if Mrs. Strawberry knows what Alice is up to.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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He ambles to it and he takes his time.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
And when Mitch leaves the building and ambles out into the New York City streets, it looks as though their number won’t happen.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
In automatic mode, the car ambles down the boulevard, murmuring, simmering and keeping its immensity hidden from polite society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Illustrated with mouthwatering photos, most of them by local food photographer Charity Burggraaf, the book ambles season-by-season through the fields, forests, farmers markets and seashores of the Pacific Northwest, highlighting ingredients that inspire Wahlke.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Then she ambles to her sleeping corner and vanishes behind the curtain.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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Matt James, the leading man on Season 25 of “The Bachelor,” ambled around with his mother in a T-shirt that read, “Raw Milk Club.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The beloved children's character ambled into the world in 1926 in a book written by English author A.A.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
One day after the government shutdown ended , a ranger ambled down a trail in Joshua Tree National Park, bathed in golden light.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
As though looking through a tunnel, she watched as the old woman ambled back over to sit cross-legged directly opposite her again, this time holding a large black bowl between her knees.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Mick Jagger is nearby, ambling through the hotel hallway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
This turn has directly benefited Dokoupil, who was previously ambling around the network’s morning show before getting tapped as its evening leading man.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
American tourists ambling in St Peter's Square on the day after the election were more restrained, and a bit frazzled by the news that the new Pope is from the US.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
After ambling to his preferred seat in the aisle of the emergency exit row, the 6-foot-11 Walton would ask the 5-6 Lewin to sit next to him, proceeding to say nothing about himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
Nick swung out from behind the counter, ambling across the store to his ammo shelves.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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