roam
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An estimated 60,000 roam California alone, triple the number in the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
There are few homes immediately around the proposed release site, but villages, roads and dams all fall within the broader area tigers might one day roam.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
If Kane is allowed to roam, however, dropping him deep to play accurate passes into the space behind Panama's slightly higher line might also be a smart tactic.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
He often talks about futuristic technologies and visions of a world where humanoid robots do all the work, money has been discarded and self-driving vehicles roam the streets.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
He never cares to ramble or to roam...
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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Much of this roams pretty far from Orwell’s vision, but that’s not the reason the film fails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
He posted a list on X of what he called “press credentialing FOR DUMMIES: Press no longer roams free Press must wear visible badge Credentialed press no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
“Birthday Boy” took a different turn, looking at a young boy during the Korean War who roams his town to collect the remains of battles around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2025
He gets precious little from the area where O’Riley roams.
From BBC ● May 11, 2024
“She roams the earth with pointed teeth and glowing eyes, looking for her children. If she finds a child awake, she will mistake them for her own and take them!”
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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On Thursday, workers in rubber pants roamed the water with vacuums that sucked up the algae in neat rows.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
For three years, she roamed London's streets, often around King's Cross railway station.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
At that time, some of the most iconic dinosaurs roamed the Earth, including the towering Brachiosaurus, the fierce Allosaurus, and the plate-backed Stegosaurus.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026
Anthropologists believe the Hadzabe—who number fewer than 1,300 people—have roamed the Yaeda Valley in northern Tanzania for more than 50,000 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
No matter how far he roamed across the planet’s surface, he would never find an edge.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Fernando Escobedo, who is 55 and works in finance, said his elderly parents’ block in the city, where he spent his childhood summers roaming freely with other kids, is also quiet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
And now, after two and a half years of roaming the state between work assignments, they’re back to report that they’ve covered all 101 locations on that list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Johan Cruyff, first under Rinus Michels, played a roaming forward role within the Total Football philosophy for the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Free roaming cats also prey on European mantises, which are already under pressure from competition with the invasive newcomers and are declining in many peri urban environments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
I tried to picture it: a child half my age, earning his keep, roaming the city, his home wherever he was at the moment, his life entirely in his own hands.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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