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wandering

[won-der-ing] / ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms


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In video clips, Dion is seen wandering in a desert.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

A yellow banner down the block announced an upcoming ceremony, when the gates of the underworld are said to open and the living burn offerings for the wandering dead.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 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 kept kind of moving around with my arms outstretched and I almost got hit by a car wandering into the street,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

As we’ve established, absolutely no wandering souls would visit Clare’s woods for the next three days.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

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

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

Dunthorne, in his wanderings, uncovers some impacts, direct and indirect, of his great-grandfather’s actions.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 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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