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
In the summer, they helped find children who got lost, often after wandering away from their parents' campsites.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
I prefer wandering a local market, imagining what I might make for dinner.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Aside from the fact that he felt terribly out of place here in Fernlight, there could be wandering souls who needed him back at the cottage.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Throughout his wanderings to piece together her identity, we are never given a definitive explanation of why this woman captivates him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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
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
He found us; maybe he had followed us in his wanderings.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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