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adventure

[ad-ven-cher] / Γ¦dˈvΙ›n tΚƒΙ™r /


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His popularity on TikTok has soared following his latest adventure.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

A major surgery inspires a mother-son adventure through Iceland’s remote Westfjords, where winding roads, thundering waterfalls and uneven hiking trails offer both travelers a test.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Yet, this tense adventure makes a strong case that bad parents can still teach good lessons, even when a kid strives to live in opposition to their folks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The demo shown to journalists, covering the opening hour and a later section of the adventure, unfolded much as it did in the 1998 original.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I’ve never been anywhere but the farm and Chicago. This is the most exciting adventure of my life, Aunt Kitty!”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

The short, cinematic adventures are rarely the main reason players pick up the latest title, but are nevertheless popular.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Holmes and Watson’s adventures “give us the material world of Victorian London with a solidity that not even Dickens can match.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then go back to looking at those beachfront condos with beautiful views and trendy historic lofts, all the while dreaming about your future adventures.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Though adolescents might not be easy to thrill, they long for great IRL adventures like the rest of us.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

If Alex Rover could survive all those wonderful adventures, so could Jack.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

Bruce: We were as basic as we could be, talking about something we’ve never fully adventured into, and rightly so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

“That’s precisely why I had Emet-Selch take on the role of chiding like, ‘What’s with that lonely look, as though you know and have adventured through everything there is to see in the world?

From The Verge ● Apr. 29, 2022

On the one hand, he tells us, the annals are haunted by “those who almost adventured, who almost achieved, but ultimately, for them, it proved to be too much.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2022

I’m not sure Dave will be around in a year or two when I’m all adventured out.

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2020

George Marston, the official artist of the expedition, had adventured in the Antarctic with Shackleton, too.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

That’s largely because we’ve been adventuring together since we were 7 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Whether he’s adventuring in creator Michael Bond’s children’s books, making the jump to animated TV series or most recently, the big screen, Paddington always sees the best in people.

From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2025

Tania Davidson is a psychologist who spends her free time backpacking, sailing and otherwise adventuring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

Jones, an adventuring archaeologist, is seen with the hat early on in the movie where he and his companions jump from a crashing plane in an inflatable raft.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024

I remembered the words of Sancho Panza: An adventuring knight is someone who’s beaten and then finds himself emperor.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover


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