mosey
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Through the diner’s large front-facing windows, we watched a cowboy mosey past on his horse, checking out the variety of vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Cows may mosey into their barns for bedtime.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
There are already plenty of places in the capital where a mosey around merely needs a mouse.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
Don’t miss the looming Keechelus Lake Wildlife Overcrossing between milepost 61 and 62 — thousands of elk, hares, mule deer, porcupines and coyotes mosey over this animal-only bridge annually.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
“Well, folks,” said Grandpa, taking aholt of her elbow, “I reckon we best mosey on home now. Hit’s been a long fancy day.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Ringo Starr moseys up to the restaurant at the Sunset Marquis in a spotless white cowboy hat and matching white denim jacket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
Tim, an African spurred tortoise, moseys near the rabbit hutch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
She moseys, she circles, she lies in wait.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
But whenever the season ends, tip your cap to Holtby as he moseys off the ice — and into the unknown.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2020
The doctor, he nods to Sam, and Sam moseys along toward the church.
From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis
All that is to say, when Black moseyed into a Bluesky hornet’s nest about the upcoming HBO “Harry Potter” series, I honestly think he underestimated how much he’d get stung.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
That afternoon, I tagged along with Kaylee Aleu, 19, and Chloe Wangensteen, 21, as they moseyed around a quad filled with students and alumni who had set up camp before the game.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2024
Whether the mystery brute registered my sweaty presence or not, it soon moseyed through my semi-primitive campsite and back into the woods.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
They ambled halls, strolled stairs, marched in place, squatted, hopped or otherwise moseyed about in whatever way they found convenient, tolerable and not overly distracting or amusing to their co-workers.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
In due course, they moseyed off into the nearby narrow roads and alleyways.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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Their first crack at it, they were kind of moseying down that water.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2023
There is a good chance you know the difference between moseying and meandering.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
The delegation left without further discussion, moseying back to the helipad to join the pilot, who’d never left her seat.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
Instead of ending his career Wednesday, White spent a full hour moseying through the media area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Passed Pryor moseying along down near the corner.
From The Crimson Sweater by Ralph Henry Barbour
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