wander away
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Despite their differing diagnoses, both of her loved ones share a common symptom: They are prone to wander away from home, and have cognitive impairments that make it hard to find their way back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
They suggest that, much like humans with dementia who sometimes wander away from familiar places, dolphins might also become disoriented due to a form of Alzheimer's-like disease.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2025
“After they learned what they needed to do they would do it over and over again, until, an hour later, they were done eating and would just wander away from us.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2022
After he received Mr. Hemstreet’s text on Saturday, Mr. Swanson pulled into a neighbor’s yard to head off the herd, which had already started to wander away.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
She left her children behind, telling them not to wander away but to stay within sight of Leopard, who would look after them.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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