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saunter

[sawn-ter, sahn-] / ˈsɔn tər, ˈsɑn- /




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In the morning—before my aching knee and bulging blisters relegated my saunter to a limp—a 32-mile walk around Manhattan sounded like a good way to spend the first Saturday in May.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Picking one up on my walk home has become a little ritual — cold bottle, hot face, slow saunter.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2025

The 37-year-old former England scrum-half turned provider at the end of the first half, a lovely delayed pass allowing Dombrandt to saunter in for the third try.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

When the cows have eaten through one plot, he yanks up a few stakes and lowers the wire, and the animals saunter into the new area.

From Seattle Times Aug. 18, 2023

After Mr. Levy explains the lab, I saunter back to a lab table, where Jace is waiting, as if I couldn’t care less that we are partners.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

But the cat is so busy chasing its tail, the mouse saunters away and curls up for a nap.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

Depp saunters away from the tree, in the direction of another.

From Washington Post Nov. 9, 2022

At the beginning of each installment, he saunters out of the darkness up to what appears to be an elaborate model mansion with drawers.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2022

The man in the surveillance footage has a duffel bag slung over his shoulder and a straw hat shielding his face as he saunters along a Las Vegas sidewalk.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2022

A purple-suited man saunters in, followed by a train of powdered and prim-looking men carrying notebooks, and a set of tailors and seamstresses who wheel in massive spinning looms.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Days before plundering Borel’s wine cellar, the two are believed to have sauntered into Huso, a Michelin-starred Tribeca restaurant that has been celebrated for its collection of bottles, according to a law-enforcement official.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

They talked some more, before the group sauntered casually towards the lobby's automatic doors.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

The Knicks led by as many as 52 points at one stage in the fourth quarter as they sauntered to victory thanks to a blistering 26-point cameo off the bench from Jose Alvarado.

From Barron's Feb. 12, 2026

When Morgan Wallen abruptly sauntered offstage during the curtain call that closed his most recent “Saturday Night Live” appearance in March, he quickly sparked online backlash and was accused of disrespecting the comedy institution.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 2025

Selena sauntered up, and her eyes got wide as she looked at my hair.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

Sure, no one is stopping anyone from sauntering into their local grocery store dressed to the nines in faux fur and pumps.

From Salon Nov. 9, 2025

He was the only person in the stream of workers sauntering out of the house who was willing to be interviewed in English, mostly.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

She let out a grunt and charged, running right up to Bruiser, who was sauntering by.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2023

Over the course of the past decade, these three have become charter members of pop’s permanent A-list, perpetually sauntering down a red carpet torqued into the shape of a Möbius strip, megastars turned omega-stars.

From Washington Post Feb. 3, 2023

A guard came sauntering over to shut them up.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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