wandering
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This network seems to engage with our self-referential thinking and autobiographical memory—the sorts of things we think about when we are at rest, our minds wandering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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
After 01:00, Hugo is seen wandering the corridor on his own.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
I’ve started wandering slowly toward the door with my head back when I hear the coach.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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
Susie, who is somewhat of a local celebrity in Dorchester, Dorset, has become so popular that an illustrated book has been published about her wanderings.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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
