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wandering

[won-der-ing] / ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms


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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

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

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Angels had just reached the promised land, after more than four decades of wandering through baseball’s wilderness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Mum came to live with me, she became very confused and was seen wandering in the garden and obviously needed care," Bern said.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

We luckily find the right trail and as we leave the checkpoint the man whose team was wandering follows us out.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Lucas, 61, a musician from Bristol, travels to the Lake District in Cumbria for one week every month and regularly posts pictures of his wanderings.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2026

Inside this edition, Cranach's map presents the stations of the wilderness wanderings and the division of the Promised Land into twelve tribal regions.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2025

But we could have done a better job of identifying and pursuing the wanderings that were most important to us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

Francis, meanwhile, continued his anthropological wanderings, carrying whatever insights or regrets he gained from that night into his studies of other cultures' sacred rituals.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

I pursued wanderings as wild as those of the March-spirit.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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