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roam

[rohm] / roʊm /


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The current 630-strong herd of wild red and fallow deer in Richmond Park were first introduced by Charles I in 1637 and roam freely amongst the trees and grasslands.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Waymo’s robotaxis will soon roam a much larger portion of California as the company received approval to expand across 18 counties.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Debbie Lyons-Blythe, a cattle rancher from Kansas, said losing the prairie grasses cattle roam on is a problem, but she is also increasingly turning to AI to help better manage her operations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 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

The Gule Wamkulu were said to be the spirits of our dead ancestors, resurrected from the afterworld and sent to roam the earth.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba

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

Scarlet wakes up in the Otherworld, an endless, arid landscape with an ocean for sky where a dragon roams.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

Well, it’s a “30 for 30” presentation, and that series roams far and wide.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2025

As the camera roams the countryside, godlike and unnoticed, we hear the hag’s breath rattling on the soundtrack.

From Salon Jan. 23, 2025

Then Medon, the perceptive man, replied: “A god moved him—who knows?—or his own heart sent him to learn, at Pylos, if his father roams the wide world still, or what befell him.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

So when a calf disappeared into the tall grass recently, he roamed among the herd making low, rumbling grunts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Earlier research modeled what would happen to deer-vehicle collisions if mountain lions recolonized the eastern United States, where they once roamed before hunting and habitat destruction left them largely confined to the West.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

In both cases neither of the artificial intelligence giants knew that their models had roamed the internet attacking companies until long after the attacks had been carried out.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The win doesn’t just vault the 2026 Knicks into New York immortality—it makes Brunson perhaps the most beloved New Yorker since Derek Jeter roamed the Yankee Stadium infield.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

They were not large or fierce, like the bears and tigers that roamed the mountains, but they were known to be fiendishly clever.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park

NASA's Perseverance rover, which has been roaming the red planet since 2021, has already collected samples ready to be taken back to Earth.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Mercedes Cabrera Lafaro was hoping to reopen her beauty parlor now that the large groups of young men were no longer roaming the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

"At one point he was roaming the streets at night because he thought he was still on duty," said Barry.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

At some point while roaming the store, Haaland noticed the hard-partying raccoon and had to have it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

“From roaming around the school all those nights. We won’t get caught.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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