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roam

[rohm] / roʊm /


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Waymo expanded its Los Angeles service area on Tuesday, adding three South Bay neighborhoods to the 210-square-mile region where the robotaxis roam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

This allows the hackers to roam through the company’s internal network and initiate cryptocurrency transfers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

As you roam the galleries, you’ll encounter many exhibits that aim to show the future of humankind’s extraterrestrial exploration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Photos of the enclosure on the park's website shows a high walkway for visitors and fencing above the section where the tigers can roam.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“A good zoo,” Stella says, “is a large domain. A wild cage. A safe place to be. It has room to roam and humans who don’t hurt.”

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

The Barbastelle roams ancient forests but its elusive nature has made it challenging to track.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

It roams from the sidewalk to the soul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Until then, Promise's goat will continue enjoying special status at the student halls where he roams freely and even has some human-like habits.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

He was joined this week by Diocese of Baton Rouge Bishop Michael Duca as la migra now roams Louisiana.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

She wants to make sure the children won’t starve while she’s gone and she roams Limerick begging for flour.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

The project was conceived by Sohm, who roamed America for 40 years in an RV with his wife and a camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

When Amy Potter was growing up, she roamed free in rural Australia and jumped off a shed onto her trampoline until it had a hole in it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Researchers have found a trove of dinosaur fossils across the region, which holds the country's richest deposits, offering insight into the creatures that roamed the planet millions of years ago.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

On a summer morning before the heat set in, he pointed out the spot where his flock of over a dozen birds once roamed, strutting across the sand like remnants of the Jurassic era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

In a nearby pasture, Grammer’s prized horses often roamed.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Their experience with avinnaarjuk, an Inuit term for roaming bears without fear of humans, is the movie’s other carefully considered viewpoint, since the Inuit, too, have suffered under a system of control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The pack of dogs had been roaming onto an oil field in Oxnard, traipsing onto private property and walking perilously close to vehicular traffic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been roaming across Mars since 2021, has already collected samples.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

He might simply have alerted the local authorities to a feral, barefoot witch roaming his property.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I’m not sure you should be roaming the grounds. I don’t know if it’s safe.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed


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