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as in travellers
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
ever since he developed a strong case of wanderlust in college, he's been a rover
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as in pirates
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea
a story of the days when sea rovers plied the Caribbean
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Recent Examples of rovers
To find out, future rovers may need tools that can detect larger, more complex organic molecules in places where they’re best preserved.
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Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
This is because understanding boulder movement also helps assess surface stability, which is crucial for planning habitats, rovers, or even future mining operations.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
The rovers are managed from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 3 images We're used to rovers exploring the Moon or Mars to have legs and wheels for moving around, but a team at Texas A&M led by Robert Ambrose wants to go more geometrical with a new mobile robot shaped like a ball for literally rolling about rough terrain.
—New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2025
From the pioneering Sojourner to the tenacious Perseverance, rovers have become our eyes and ears on Mars.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
This is because understanding boulder movement also helps assess surface stability, which is crucial for planning habitats, rovers, or even future mining operations.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
The rovers are managed from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 3 images We're used to rovers exploring the Moon or Mars to have legs and wheels for moving around, but a team at Texas A&M led by Robert Ambrose wants to go more geometrical with a new mobile robot shaped like a ball for literally rolling about rough terrain.
—New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2025
From the pioneering Sojourner to the tenacious Perseverance, rovers have become our eyes and ears on Mars.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rovers
Noun
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The structure is similar to how pirates and privateers once attacked foreign enemies at sea on behalf of their government.—
Rick Bennett,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Stevenson’s pirates are a frighteningly murderous and totally untrustworthy bunch, thriving on threats and duplicity.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For aspiring nomads, understand that flexibility must be earned through trust, consistency and clear communication.—
Rodolfo Delgado,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Its steep, meandering streets form a patchwork quilt filled with artists, spiritual seekers, motorcyclists, weekend wanderers, and retirees, each adding their own thread to the fabric.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The weather is almost always perfect, the mountains are endlessly inviting, and state's inland gems, like the ever-popular Palm Springs, offer plenty of magic for weekend wanderers.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Which is a problem, given how few travelers actually think about their safety at the airport.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Underneath the stark floodlights streamed a procession of weary travelers in T-shirts and jeans, reaching into the bottom of a white coach bus for their oversize duffel bags.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Most of them were migrant workers, young drifters, and then some co-renters.—
Jack Hargreaves,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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Entrants included everything from historic race cars to JDM drifters, time attack competition cars and off-roaders.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Rovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rovers. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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