strayed

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Wireless carriers and cable operators have strayed into each others’ territory in recent years, waging what analysts call “the battle for convergence.”

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Saunders noted that Lululemon has also strayed from its core, now offering things like rugby shirts.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

The indifference only strayed into anger when some Wales fans booed forward Brennan Johnson when he came on as a second-half substitute.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Despite the audience booing at the 1853 premiere, which Verdi and his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, called “a fiasco,” “Traviata” has never strayed long from the stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

One had been snatched from his father’s shipyard; another had been playing in the tide pools and had strayed too far from her friends.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo