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amble

[am-buhl] / ˈæm bəl /


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An amble through the neighborhood showcases a variety of places, often packed with locals, tourists, cabbies and third-shift workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

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

In Potterspury, near Milton Keynes, hundreds of free-range turkeys usually amble around farmer Susan Gorst, pecking at the grass.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2025

I wrap the jade sash around my waist as we amble toward Samarkand.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara is chatting away in traditional Wassoulou clothes, while Johnny Marr ambles past in an equally traditional Mancunian parka.

From BBC Jun. 21, 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

I’m heading over to the table with my full plate, the smell making me want to walk on my hands, when Jude’s bad mood ambles in.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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

Workers power-washed the sidewalk as Hernandez and I ambled on.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

The lion turned and ambled into the dark in search of it.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Mick Jagger is nearby, ambling through the hotel hallway.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

But The Guardian described it as a "slow and ambling show" that "moved with all the urgency of the recently tranquillised".

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Over and over again, I heard the exact same refrain from the visitors ambling around the Strip.

From Slate Nov. 18, 2025

After finally getting out of the car, he went inside a school building for a few minutes before ambling across the street to the historic church.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2024

It would poke and peck about, perhaps circling the box, perhaps even ambling over to the spectators, who would laugh and shoo it back to the field.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli




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