wander
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I could wander into her garden, borrow her spices and imagine that this was simply what my life looked like on a Thursday afternoon.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
“One I finished is being mounted: ‘Not all those who wander are lost.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The seas around New Zealand are populated with multiple species of seals, who do occasionally wander ashore.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
But my eyes wander — I like to see who’s in the audience and what’s going on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The particular path he chooses to wander down has no obvious doors, it is only a passageway between tents, endless stripes illuminated by flickering lights.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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A later Greek poet warned others “not to tread the road of Euripides,” but Ms. Hall occasionally wanders down the path.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
“Spirited Away” is a story of a girl, Chihiro, who wanders with her parents into a magical realm and ends up getting stuck there when her mother and father transform into pigs.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
It can stay still for hours, striking only when prey wanders too close.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
He always wanders into Dad’s room, and the minute he climbs into the king-sized bed, Dad gets up and comes back with a glass of water.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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I was told he would not talk to the press - but he wandered over by himself and we spent about 10 minutes having a chat while press officers hovered nervously in the background.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Twelve years later, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wandered directly into the bit.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Gudrun Schumann, 72, a retired physician who wandered past the rally, said she understood the AfD appeals to voters angry over mounting problems with healthcare, education and the cost of living.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
On Sept. 11, 2001, I walked my son to his first day of kindergarten, then wandered to the nearby Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He splashed water on his face and wandered into the living room.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Harried passengers stared at their phones, calm but annoyed, wandering the airport terminal without clear direction.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
When the wandering pooch finally narrowed his territory, Packer set up a humane trap and spent several days and nights nearby, waiting for Anchovy Jack to take the bait.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
In the summer, they helped find children who got lost, often after wandering away from their parents' campsites.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
I prefer wandering a local market, imagining what I might make for dinner.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Miraculously, I hadn’t lost service yet, despite wandering deep into the Sequoyah County boonies.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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