wander
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Delivery can wander toward $60 before tip with insulting ease.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 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
When the power cuts out after dark in Vientiane, families wander outside to avoid the stifling heat indoors, using cell phones to light their way.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The sight of the Williams sisters back on court together at the US Open - possibly for the final time - commanded ultimate respect from a chatty crowd known to let their attention wander.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
I wander toward the fire, digging through brush, looking for sticks to skewer the meat.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Chip falls in with a troupe of street performers, evades the police, juggles along the Seine and eventually wanders into a smoky bar, where Penelope is strumming her guitar.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
And, occasionally, she wanders into daydreams that Hayakawa presents so matter-of-factly that viewers may sometimes be unsure if what they’re seeing is actually happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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
I'm thinking about Blue—always Blue—because really, my mind only wanders in one direction.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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Hammond is ebullience and warmth personified but her co-presenter, the erstwhile Mighty Boosh comedian Fielding, still looks a bit lost, as if he has wandered in from the wrong set.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
Officials said that, an hour into their descent, the group called Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch to ask for directions, but eventually wandered off route into Mud Creek Canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The cross-Cabinet pet diplomacy apparently goes both ways: The Rubios’ goldendoodle has wandered into the Hegseth home.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
I can truthfully say that, regardless of where I have roamed or wandered, I have always looked for the fairy ring.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
When you listen to those romances, written during her husband’s decline, your heart could break from the melancholy and sustained wandering cries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Los Angeles River was still pretty much what it had been for eons: a wandering river of the West, often nothing more than damp wetlands in summer, but quickening into rushwaters in winter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
In video clips, Dion is seen wandering in a desert.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
There was a kid, a teenager, several paces away, wandering toward them with an unusual expression on his face.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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