as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
he took a year off and roamed over Europe before going on to college
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Recent Examples of roamed
The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Earlier this month, dozens of police officers, hunters and city officials were deployed in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to catch a bear that roamed the streets for four days, forcing mass school closures.
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CBS News,
30 June 2026
California on Tuesday moved a step closer to reintroducing grizzly bears, the quarter-ton predators that once roamed the Golden State but have been locally extinct for more than a century.
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Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
The island was named for the wild horses that roamed here for years after being brought by Spanish explorers.
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Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
With far less hair, Ella’s green eyes seemed greener, like those of the feral black cats that roamed their hamlet, meowing for table scraps, which were often given without hesitation.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Locking themselves into school, these restless teenagers roamed the premises unsupervised.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
Photographers roamed the campus with equipment in tow as cherry pickers and barricades appeared along the complex.
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Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Other lines of circumstantial evidence also suggest shockingly large objects roamed the early epochs of our solar system.
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Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
9 June 2026
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
Earlier this month, dozens of police officers, hunters and city officials were deployed in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, to catch a bear that roamed the streets for four days, forcing mass school closures.
—
CBS News,
30 June 2026
California on Tuesday moved a step closer to reintroducing grizzly bears, the quarter-ton predators that once roamed the Golden State but have been locally extinct for more than a century.
—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
30 June 2026
The island was named for the wild horses that roamed here for years after being brought by Spanish explorers.
—
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
With far less hair, Ella’s green eyes seemed greener, like those of the feral black cats that roamed their hamlet, meowing for table scraps, which were often given without hesitation.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
Locking themselves into school, these restless teenagers roamed the premises unsupervised.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
Photographers roamed the campus with equipment in tow as cherry pickers and barricades appeared along the complex.
—
Janay Kingsberry,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
Other lines of circumstantial evidence also suggest shockingly large objects roamed the early epochs of our solar system.
—
Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roamed
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The 1,200-pound giraffe, named Gracie, wandered away from her unfenced habitat at Cedar Hollow Ranch in Leakey, Texas, on June 12.
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At the time, the ranch said the giraffe had likely slipped through an enclosure gate and wandered into surrounding private ranchland.
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Cubans strolled along el Paseo del Prado promenade in the inky night, desperate to escape the stifling heat of their homes.
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More recently, Amal Clooney strolled through the South of France hand-in-hand with husband George in a black micro-mini with shorts peeking out underneath.
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Around the communal tables, conversations paused as traditional Vietnamese court music drifted through the room.
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As well as dropping deep, Cruyff also drifted out wide and provided two assists in the group stage with fine crosses.
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“Roamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roamed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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