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stray

adjective as in abandoned, wandering

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His family says he was in their tent in southern Gaza when he was hit by a stray bullet fired by an Israeli drone.

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It is, in some ways, the most pernicious because it strays far afield from direct claims of military and political heroism to celebrate a scientist, a profession built around facts.

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So while the way Australians feel about the US is changing, it is hard to see it greatly straying from the path it is on any time soon.

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A tidal disruption event occurs when a star strays too close to a massive black hole and is pulled apart by its immense gravitational forces.

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There’s also a stray reference to “Waiting for Godot” and, just like Beckett’s classic play, Panahi’s film is elemental, its every understated moment fraught with meaning.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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