wanderer

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Rumors of sightings of this wanderer persisted, from Reformation-era Europe to 19th-century America to modern Israel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

In his maqāma, Ibn al-Wardi personifies the plague as a mischievous wanderer who brings death to one region after another over a 15-year journey.

From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025

Watch: “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell,” a film from Vietnam, follows a wanderer on a spiritual quest.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024

A self-described wanderer, he has lived in Phoenix on and off for about 20 years.

From Scientific American • Jul. 17, 2023

I still felt as a wanderer on the face of the earth; but I experienced firmer trust in myself and my own powers, and less withering dread of oppression.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë