adventurer

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The result is an often exhilarating, often disturbing and always poignant tale of an artist and adventurer who lived to challenge the limits of what humans could do.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

And he was very much an adventurer, right?

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

The scheme was thought up by adventurer and financier William Paterson.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Popular images, such as the fearless adventurer, powerful fighter and skilled seafarer, have become familiar.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

I journeyed with John Carter, gentleman adventurer from Virginia, to “Bar- soom,” as Mars was known to its inhabitants.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan