wander
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Over 260 former working elephants wander through teak plantations, trumpeting as they bathe in lakes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
A digital waitlist lets you wander around the neighborhood, browse the shops, maybe get a head start on another errand.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
In contrast, the title track is one of the few on the recording that maintains the same mood throughout, one that makes the Swiss city sound like a fascinating place in which to wander.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
But my eyes wander — I like to see who’s in the audience and what’s going on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
I wander toward the fire, digging through brush, looking for sticks to skewer the meat.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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“It sets him on a journey as he wanders through his Rust Belt town,” Coury said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
When your mind wanders, whether to rehearse a future argument or ruminate over what you said Friday night, you’re meant to note it, lightly and without judgment: “thinking” or “planning.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
As he poured the traditional cup of wine for the prophet, Rabbi Aft reminded his community that Elijah wanders the earth disguised as a stranger, testing humanity’s capacity for hospitality, compassion and kindness.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
At 100, Attenborough no longer wanders the world's jungles and deserts.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
My mind wanders while I’m on dates, or I get too touchy with Jupe at school, or I slip up and call whatever girl I’m with Jupiter.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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They had little choice about their potential victims - in the end it was Jerry Hall and Ross Kemp who wandered in to join Maya and James A in deliberately tedious conversation.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
ITHACA, N.Y.—On a drizzly Thursday, Cornell University students wandered into consulting recruitment sessions, hustled up the slopes to midterms and listened to a Pulitzer-winning fiction writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Twelve years later, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wandered directly into the bit.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Gudrun Schumann, 72, a retired physician who wandered past the rally, said she understood the AfD appeals to voters angry over mounting problems with healthcare, education and the cost of living.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Frank and Joe wandered around, looking for someone to interview.
From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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When the wandering pooch finally narrowed his territory, Packer set up a humane trap and spent several days and nights nearby, waiting for Anchovy Jack to take the bait.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
I prefer wandering a local market, imagining what I might make for dinner.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Or the moons are two wandering asteroids from the outer Solar System, which were grabbed by the Red Planet's gravity.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
The researchers also uncovered an intriguing connection between these wandering stars and dark matter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Oh, poor hideous fox. You poor thing. Are you the one who’s been wandering in a dark forest all night?”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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