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as in nomads
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
Private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing next-generation spacecraft, rovers and drones to facilitate the American Moon base.
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Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Since then RTGs have flown on interplanetary missions including the Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to the outer solar system, the New Horizons voyage to Pluto and beyond, the Viking 1 and 2 Mars landers, and the rovers Curiosity and Perseverance.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Instead, development of the settlement will occur over three phases that begins with increasing the amount of lunar missions in the next few years – sending rovers and other technology to test things like mobility, communications and nuclear power generation capabilities on the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
These will include rovers, instruments, and power systems designed to support future human operations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Spacecraft could land on other planets, deploy rovers to explore, and even take readings and do chemical analysis.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
The county's task force is also looking into purchasing underwater rovers that can be used to check pipes, infrastructure and see how widespread the problem has become over the year.
—Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Since then RTGs have flown on interplanetary missions including the Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to the outer solar system, the New Horizons voyage to Pluto and beyond, the Viking 1 and 2 Mars landers, and the rovers Curiosity and Perseverance.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Instead, development of the settlement will occur over three phases that begins with increasing the amount of lunar missions in the next few years – sending rovers and other technology to test things like mobility, communications and nuclear power generation capabilities on the surface.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
These will include rovers, instruments, and power systems designed to support future human operations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Spacecraft could land on other planets, deploy rovers to explore, and even take readings and do chemical analysis.
—New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
The county's task force is also looking into purchasing underwater rovers that can be used to check pipes, infrastructure and see how widespread the problem has become over the year.
—Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rovers
Noun
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Increasingly erratic precipitation since the 1980s has forced many nomads to come in from the desert.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Another camp speculates that these forebears met human nomads on the trail of big game and started traveling with them, eventually arriving in China via Mongolia through their supporting role as war dogs.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Tim Brinkhof The Past Julius Caesar was once captured by pirates.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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Themed weeks include Harry Potter, Star Wars and pirates.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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These ancient wanderers, like comet 3I/ATLAS, are cosmic time capsules.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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There is, however, something else travelers should expect.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Floating alone where the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans meet, this island nation was long considered too out-of-the-way for travelers … until airlines like Icelandair started luring Americans with cheap flights to Europe that included a stopover in Iceland.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2026
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The men and women under his employ were a rag-tag gang of dreamers and drifters, brought together by a love for adventure, a disdain for the society that had thrown their friends away in Vietnam, and a desire to spread the gospel of ganja.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Rovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rovers. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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