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
There are already plenty of places in the capital where a mosey around merely needs a mouse.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2023
We wring our hands like maiden aunts as they mosey blithely into danger: What could possibly go wrong in this cobwebbed basement/cabin in the woods/polygamist doomsday cult?
From New York Times ● May 25, 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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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
A dad moseys over with his toddler and says he saw La Havas play her recent gig at the Barbican, and how brilliant he thought it was.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2020
So now every once in a while Elsie moseys over from Plainfield, N. J., where she lives112 with Herman, and proceeds to sew a lot of pillow slips and things for Aunt Martha.
From You Should Worry Says John Henry by Hugh McHugh
Over the three days, people moseyed by the pop-up near Diplo’s Honky Tonk, sometimes lining up to wait their turn to take a photo in front of the sign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
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
Someone else showed up for the phone, gave her a nod and moseyed away.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
He patted his pocket, so we called Charlie off and moseyed back to school.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Quite a few readers mentioned what I’ll call the Free Pass advantage. of moseying along the home stretch of life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
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
When Farnham an' his crowd come moseying up yere, they ain't goin' ter have it all their own way, let me tell yer, pardner.
From Beth Norvell A Romance of the West by Randall Parrish
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