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wandering

[won-der-ing] / ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms


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She once recalled wandering into a flowery field and becoming disoriented among the seemingly endless stalks and blooms—a sensation she likened to “obliteration” and would seek to re-create in her art.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

She’s more cautious, however, when patients have moderate or advanced dementia, wandering behavior, recurring episodes of confusion, significant behavioral symptoms, unstable medical illnesses or impaired mobility.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Almost three decades ago, Joe Timko and Randy Neece were wandering through Disneyland, saw Goofy trailing around the gardens and made the connection.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Murphy was first spotted living beneath a bush before wandering into the car park of The Old Windmill pub in the city centre, "rake thin" and in need of care.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

He should have surveyed everyone he knew, instead of wandering around in a daze.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Ms. Orlean has gleaned many of her ideas from serendipitous wanderings around city neighborhoods.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

After that, his unclaimed body began its wanderings: as a greeter for an Oklahoma funeral home, as a sideshow attraction for touring carnivals, and even in a titillating 1933 pre-Code film, “Narcotic.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2025

In her desolate wanderings she came to Eleusis and sat by the wayside near a well.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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