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adventure

[ad-ven-cher] / ædˈvɛn tʃər /


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By the final pages of this affecting, open-ended adventure, she gets it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Nobody wants to order mozzarella sticks anymore, they want the adventure of finding the best secret combo of mozzarella sticks dipped into various sauces in the cornucopia of a Chili’s Triple Dipper.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

Officials said all 115 passengers and crew were "evacuated to shore" from the "Toys Boat" -- which says it offers children an "unforgettable adventure" -- mainly by coastguards.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

He returned to PSV in 2023 and added two more consecutive Dutch league titles before embarking on his MLS adventure.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

There wouldn’t be all those adventure stories and comic books and movies and TV shows with all their action and lifesaving going on if I was the only one, would there?

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The manuscript, which includes the daughter’s blurry Polaroid snapshots and postcards from their travels, chronicles the pair’s trials, adventures and conversations as they pursue Nanna’s past and their own futures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Then, there is former Gov. Mark Sanford, who gained fame as a budget hawk and infamy for his extramarital adventures on the “Appalachian Trail.”

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

The UK bestseller lists have a range of titles that sit in the "epic other-world adventures" category defined by the research, including:

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Adeyemi’s novels, inspired by West African mythology, follow the adventures of Zélie, played by Thuso Mbedu, on her quest to restore magic to the kingdom of Orïsha.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2026

Later, she’d look over his emails, the ones that described the swimming, boating, and fishing adventures they’d have.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Bruce: We were as basic as we could be, talking about something we’ve never fully adventured into, and rightly so.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2024

On the one hand, he tells us, the annals are haunted by “those who almost adventured, who almost achieved, but ultimately, for them, it proved to be too much.”

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2022

I’m not sure Dave will be around in a year or two when I’m all adventured out.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2020

As I look back at my vanlife adventure, it blows my mind that I’ve adventured more during the first year of my 30s than almost all 29 years before.

From Seattle Times Dec. 8, 2019

George Marston, the official artist of the expedition, had adventured in the Antarctic with Shackleton, too.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

A self-described B-student, he spent his childhood adventuring in the wilderness near his hometown of Seattle, and as a kid had preferred skiing to YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

One of those characters is Silas, Sherlock’s adventuring father who doesn’t appear until the end of Episode 4.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2026

Jones, an adventuring archaeologist, is seen with the hat early on in the movie where he and his companions jump from a crashing plane in an inflatable raft.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2024

The original Dragon’s Dogma, from 2012, married robust combat with slow, methodical adventuring and baroque, anime-esque pomp.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2024

“I want to go adventuring, I really and truly do,” Horace insisted.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs




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