as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start
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Recent Examples of meandered
Following the attack, the wolf fled and meandered through the city until late that night, when it was located near Lake Binnenalster.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
As the afternoon sun beat down, several passers-by from out of town meandered by Guthrie's one-story brick house in the Catalina Foothills.
—Helen Rummel, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Several passersby from out of town meandered by Guthrie’s one-story brick house.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Those who opted for online school meandered through the city.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
This is also not the voice that was oblivious to what the newspapers and the magazines of the time said about her, or the letters in handwriting that meandered like tendrils on a vine.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Leah Page meandered through the trunk-or-treat area with her daughter, Sophia.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
At one point, Queenie meandered over to the kennel and stood in front of Walt.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Occasionally a curious polar bear meandered near camp, which was always changing as the ice floe buckled and drifted across the Arctic Ocean.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
As the afternoon sun beat down, several passers-by from out of town meandered by Guthrie's one-story brick house in the Catalina Foothills.
—Helen Rummel, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
Several passersby from out of town meandered by Guthrie’s one-story brick house.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2026
Those who opted for online school meandered through the city.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
This is also not the voice that was oblivious to what the newspapers and the magazines of the time said about her, or the letters in handwriting that meandered like tendrils on a vine.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
Leah Page meandered through the trunk-or-treat area with her daughter, Sophia.
—Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025
At one point, Queenie meandered over to the kennel and stood in front of Walt.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Occasionally a curious polar bear meandered near camp, which was always changing as the ice floe buckled and drifted across the Arctic Ocean.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meandered
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Colorado has 18 wolves outfitted with collars, plus pups and others that wandered from neighboring states.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Owners stood beside their cars on the lawn, residents and visitors wandered freely through the park, and hot rods shared space with antiques and other classic automobiles.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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If the dinosaurs and woolly mammoths that once roamed the Earth had since crumbled into dust, then what hope was there for humanity?—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, Rangers manager Skip Schumaker strolled to the mound in the fifth inning to tell his pitcher Carter Baumler something.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Madison Booker set the Longhorns' scoring record for the NCAA Tournament as Texas shook off an early test from Oregon and strolled to 100-58 victory at Moody Center.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
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The vessel remained afloat and drifted towards Libya's coast, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature, a global conservation organization.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The stricken Dannebroge slowly drifted northward and exploded.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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