roam
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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
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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
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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
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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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