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nomad

[noh-mad] / ˈnoʊ mæd /
NOUN
person who wanders from place to place
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Others include the adonis blue butterfly, the armed nomad bee and the red-tailed mason bee, the shining pot beetle and the large scabious mining bee.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

Once the nomad larvae hatch, they kill the host bee larvae and consume the stored pollen and nectar intended for the mining bees.

From Science Daily May 28, 2026

However, this nomad only looked like a pauper.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

The idea of being a digital nomad with no oversight is romantic, but when your income is project-based or hourly billed, you start feeling like every waking moment you aren’t working is costing you money.

From MarketWatch Mar. 16, 2026

With no money and no time to settle, we moved to a different ramshackle rental cottage or boardinghouse every season until I was so pregnant with Rachel that our nomad state seemed disreputable.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Bali, Indonesia's famed tropical paradise, has become a hostspot for digital nomads in recent years, resulting in growing tensions between expats and locals.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The Afar region of north-eastern Ethiopia is one of the hottest and driest places on Earth, where nomads often lead camel caravans carrying salt through the desert.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

If there was any thought that this was a fleeting pandemic-era experiment of laptop nomads logging in from distant shores, data hints at its longevity.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

Multiple battles with Claudius’ henchmen pepper Scarlet and Hijiri’s journey, as does an encounter with the United Nations of this place: a group of wandering nomads from around the world who’ve come together for companionship.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

They are nomads of the deserts no man can travel.

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




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