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wander

[won-der] / ˈwɒn dər /




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They wander among the houses -- painted mostly in shades of white, yellow or brown -- and go biking or hiking in the surrounding hills of central Slovakia.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

"Last night I slept fairly well on the sofa, so no need to wander further downstairs to the hallway," she says.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

He hid food and other dangerous items from her and stayed vigilant to ensure she wouldn’t wander off.

From MarketWatch Jun. 23, 2026

The meandering floor plan, with its rooms of various sizes and orientations alongside their resulting passageways and corners, demands that you wander, not map, your perusal of the galleries.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

As we wander through the market, we finally come across a farmer selling beautiful purple eggplants.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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

It can stay still for hours, striking only when prey wanders too close.

From BBC Mar. 25, 2026

A single pedestrian wanders down the sidewalk, and a gardener is carefully trimming a nearby hedge—but aside from the faint clip-clip-clip sound of his shears, it’s quiet.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

The discovery began with an exceptionally bright flare produced when a star wandered too close to a massive black hole and was ripped apart by its intense gravity.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

On June 8, the roughly two-dozen people who showed up for the auction wandered around the outside of the house as best they could.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

But when the kick-off was delayed from 01:00 to 02:00, Merry said her husband wandered off for a nap.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

At various points while watching “Louis C.K.: Ridiculous,” my mind wandered back to the many times such kamikaze socializing missions were thrust upon me when I was a kid.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

“Okay, what now?” said Razi, coming to a halt near some wilderness where whistling spur fowl wandered underfoot.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

On my recent rereading of “The Secret Garden,” I was delighted by the moment when Mary, initially pale and peevish and uninterested in her breakfast, begins wandering the grounds with a jump rope in hand.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

"The key science question we want to answer is: How common are wandering black holes?"

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Before long the dining room had red leather booths, a seaside mural on the wall, a bar in back and sometimes a wandering accordion player.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Over the weeks I've seen shirts of all different countries wandering around the tourist spots of Los Angeles.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

“So I can’t walk around looking like a monster. Part of my job is to make wandering souls comfortable.”

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




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