wander
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Most of Aviv’s characters wander through life uneasily, plagued by misdiagnosed, undiagnosable or undertreated maladies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
They wander among the houses -- painted mostly in shades of white, yellow or brown -- and go biking or hiking in the surrounding hills of central Slovakia.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
"Last night I slept fairly well on the sofa, so no need to wander further downstairs to the hallway," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
He hid food and other dangerous items from her and stayed vigilant to ensure she wouldn’t wander off.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
On a good day, Chicken liked to wander.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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“Spirited Away” is a story of a girl, Chihiro, who wanders with her parents into a magical realm and ends up getting stuck there when her mother and father transform into pigs.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
It can stay still for hours, striking only when prey wanders too close.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
Christmas lights glisten, a communal tree beckons to be decorated and a marionette handler wanders the grounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025
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
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Djokovic probably could have wandered into Taylor Swift’s basketball court wedding and nobody would have flinched.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
At various points while watching “Louis C.K.: Ridiculous,” my mind wandered back to the many times such kamikaze socializing missions were thrust upon me when I was a kid.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management approved a plan to remove hundreds of horses that had wandered beyond their designated territory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
He carried on like he's a total bystander in Celtic's double-winning season, like he was an old man who wandered aimlessly into Lennoxtown and was bamboozled by what he saw.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Last weekend the big excitement was the elk that wandered onto Main Street and blocked traffic for an hour.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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Before long the dining room had red leather booths, a seaside mural on the wall, a bar in back and sometimes a wandering accordion player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
"A few days ago, they were wandering near the city’s library and cinema," said Zioutis, who estimates that he has photographed more than 100 different bears since early 2025.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
In a cameo against Scotland he looked like a retired player wandering on for a charity match.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The biographical details may come from the author’s grandfather, but the character seems decidedly larger-than-life, a cross between Bruce Wayne, a Japanese ronin and an archetypal wandering Jew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
For the briefest, most crushing moment, Clare thought he couldn’t see the wandering spirit.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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