wanderlust
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Both women shared what Bhattacharya calls a "wanderlust" - a love of travelling, discovering new places and, in their case, heading into the mountains.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
At 21, wanderlust — that aching desire to escape to somewhere else — took hold of Elizabeth Short.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2026
He draws on the photographer’s diaries and autobiography to portray his subject as a gentle-souled adventurer, driven into a peripatetic life by wanderlust and financial necessity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
It encouraged wanderlust as Sal and Dean traveled across the country, indulging in their freedoms and desires with almost reckless abandon.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025
I do think there are some interesting connections between the poet in ‘Song of Myself’ and Margo Spiegelman—all that wild charisma and wanderlust.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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