wandering
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Harried passengers stared at their phones, calm but annoyed, wandering the airport terminal without clear direction.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
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
England began their wandering winter with a sloppy loss to Pakistan in the one-day tri-series in Rawalpindi.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
But as a rule, Clare never sent a wandering spirit to this particular realm unless he was absolutely, positively, most certainly certain.
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
“Be warned, Potter — any more nighttime wanderings and I will personally make sure you are expelled. Good day to you.”
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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