wandering
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On my recent rereading of “The Secret Garden,” I was delighted by the moment when Mary, initially pale and peevish and uninterested in her breakfast, begins wandering the grounds with a jump rope in hand.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The key science question we want to answer is: How common are wandering black holes?"
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
"I have seen three or four species in the south of England... wandering away from their normal places," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
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
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
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
One of the nasty friends the little wretch had made in his wanderings, he supposed.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
