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wandering

[won-der-ing] / ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
nomadic
Synonyms


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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

And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

Reading about these party breakups feels like eavesdropping on a couple’s favorite argument or wandering into their penultimate couples therapy session.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

He would have to find a way to reprimand the Afterlife for sending a wandering soul so unexpectedly.

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

The narrator relates his implausible wanderings around an inverted empire in which there is no center of power or culture, a world that seems to be all peripheries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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 went upstairs to feed Nipper, who had returned from his daily wanderings.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli


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