wander

You can’t help but pull over and wander through the scratch-and-sniff trees, their bark releasing the scent of vanilla and butterscotch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A digital waitlist lets you wander around the neighborhood, browse the shops, maybe get a head start on another errand.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

In contrast, the title track is one of the few on the recording that maintains the same mood throughout, one that makes the Swiss city sound like a fascinating place in which to wander.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The seas around New Zealand are populated with multiple species of seals, who do occasionally wander ashore.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some of the rêveurs wander the circus continuously, methodically visiting every tent, watching each performance.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The Earth’s center of mass wanders as ice sheets melt and water shifts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

As he poured the traditional cup of wine for the prophet, Rabbi Aft reminded his community that Elijah wanders the earth disguised as a stranger, testing humanity’s capacity for hospitality, compassion and kindness.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.

From Barron's ● May 6, 2026

As she makes haste to finish her shopping, a young man wanders past clutching a small glass bottle of a green spread.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Phil helps me into my seat, then wanders into the back and reappears with two heaping plates of food and places them on the table.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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

ITHACA, N.Y.—On a drizzly Thursday, Cornell University students wandered into consulting recruitment sessions, hustled up the slopes to midterms and listened to a Pulitzer-winning fiction writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Twelve years later, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wandered directly into the bit.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Other uncommon marine animals have wandered into California waters this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

After they had wandered off, I improvised a broom from dried stems and tidied up, sweeping away the embers.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

I prefer wandering a local market, imagining what I might make for dinner.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Leaning on advice from the owner of their Airbnb, they’ve noted areas to avoid and spent their time wandering as flâneurs in black-and-gold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

I hustled Karl out of the room, and away down the corridor, chewing him out soundly for wandering into Lizzie’s room like that, uninvited.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo