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as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do
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Aamir Tinwala, a middle-schooler living through pandemic isolation, begged his parents for a pet.—
Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2026
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As a kid in Rochester, New York, Kane begged his parents for a dollar to play.—
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After Doherty picked up the award for Best Performance By a Female Actor in a Supporting Role On Television for her role on Adolescence, some of her sailor language sneaked onto the broadcast.—
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And when nothing was open in the game’s final seconds and his team needed the points, Beck snuck away from the defense and raced into the end zone for the game-winning touchdown.—
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British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who wandered the Amazon for 22 years at the beginning of the 20th century before vanishing without a trace, wrote that the breath of the anaconda stupefied its prey.—
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That morning, in a new suburb of Glendale, three-year-old Kelly Keen wandered, unattended, out of her house and into the driveway.—
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Shackleton began collecting interviews and shot evocative B-roll footage of ghostly California freeways and parking lots where the killer may have once lurked.—
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Darkness and desperation always lurked behind the gonzo decadence, a dynamic that’s missing on the comparatively bright-eyed Stardust.—
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More than 200 years ago, bison roamed freely across Illinois, but as the industrial revolution reshaped the landscape, the bison disappeared.—
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And guests snorkel along reefs coated with purple sea fans, roamed by schools of teal parrotfish, eagle rays, and angelfish.—
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The words Canadian ice-hockey TV series slid into my brain and slipped right back out.—
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Tessa Thompson was ready to party and slipped into Balenciaga mules for Netflix’s 2026 Golden Globe after party at Spago on Sunday in Beverly Hills.—
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The scene around them was picturesque — horses strolled in the distance, the sky bore a bright blue.—
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Paige Bueckers strolled into Unrivaled carrying the kind of aura that usually bends the room before a player ever steps on the floor.—
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After a toasty start to the winter season, temperatures have drifted down to more normal levels in North Texas.—
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Yet, Monday came, and while gold and silver went vertical, equities stayed calm and the dollar barely drifted.—
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“Mooched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mooched. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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