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wandering

[won-der-ing] / ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms


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Harried passengers stared at their phones, calm but annoyed, wandering the airport terminal without clear direction.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

When the wandering pooch finally narrowed his territory, Packer set up a humane trap and spent several days and nights nearby, waiting for Anchovy Jack to take the bait.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

I prefer wandering a local market, imagining what I might make for dinner.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Or the moons are two wandering asteroids from the outer Solar System, which were grabbed by the Red Planet's gravity.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

We luckily find the right trail and as we leave the checkpoint the man whose team was wandering follows us out.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Inside this edition, Cranach's map presents the stations of the wilderness wanderings and the division of the Promised Land into twelve tribal regions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025

Ms. Orlean has gleaned many of her ideas from serendipitous wanderings around city neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Susie, who is somewhat of a local celebrity in Dorchester, Dorset, has become so popular that an illustrated book has been published about her wanderings.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025

Francis, meanwhile, continued his anthropological wanderings, carrying whatever insights or regrets he gained from that night into his studies of other cultures' sacred rituals.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

He was done with disobedience from his son, done with the wanderings and false boundaries of the girl who was his by rights.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez


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