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as in roamed
to move about from place to place aimlessly
we just went outside and wandered around until it was time to go
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as in fell
to commit an offense
we have all wandered from the path of righteousness at least once in our lives
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Recent Examples of wandered
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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Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
That morning, in a new suburb of Glendale, three-year-old Kelly Keen wandered, unattended, out of her house and into the driveway.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Rex, a 3-year-old wallaby, wandered away from the Lots of Love Farm in Williamstown after a gate was allegedly left unlatched overnight.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Maxwell said Isobel wandered away from the family’s Christmas celebrations in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and fell into the pond in a nearby garden just moments later.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
Other wolves stayed farther south and wandered through watersheds between Alamosa and Gunnison.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025
Throughout all of Lowe’s platitudes and boosterism, my attention was rapt, and my mind never wandered.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
In his archives, there’s a handwritten note recalling that his father, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family in Warsaw, wandered into the city to eat ham at the age of fifteen.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Max, a Yorkshire terrier, was out in the front yard and wandered out to the sidewalk.
—Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
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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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For about a month, nobody had any idea who had felled the tree, and nobody could work out why it had been done.—
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The greatest damage appeared concentrated in the North Bay, where gusty winds felled numerous trees.—
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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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Parking on private property that isn't yours means Hoosiers can be asked to leave and possibly trespassed, according to Leslie Kelly, vice president of program strategy for Horizon House, an agency that supports people experiencing homelessness.—
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The Gordon Jewish Community Center in Nashville is suing a neo-Nazi organization after one of the hate group's members illegally trespassed at the center to intimidate local Jewish people, a news release from the Southern Poverty Law Center states.—
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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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The discussion quickly strayed from the main issue at hand, Brown said, blaming Martinez for not setting a civil tone at the start of the meeting.—
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And that comet that strayed into our turf from another star?—
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Matt Cameron netted four goals, while Garret Lasonde, Drew Grant and Jacques Akelian scored two goals each as Minuteman cruised to a 14-1 nonleague boys hockey win over East Boston.—
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Williams cruised into the locker room Thursday on a scooter but did not speak with reporters.—
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“Wandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wandered. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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