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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
Colorado has 18 wolves outfitted with collars, plus pups and others that wandered from neighboring states.
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Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
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
No sightings were reported all day, and the team began to fear Chesney had wandered beyond the search perimeter.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Just some words on stuff that has wandered in and out of my mind during the past couple of days.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
In an interview last week, his parents, Leonardo and Nelsy, described Gael’s struggles over a video call from Dilley as the boy wandered around a bare meeting room.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
After attention grew, the possum left the gift shop on its own and wandered into the main terminal.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
The dog had been spooked the previous night and wandered into the darkness, spending a terrifying 24 hours in the frozen Canadian wilderness.
—Seth Carnell, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Over two weekends, thousands of visitors wandered among the blooming peach trees around Veria, located 72 kilometers (45 miles) west of Greece’s second largest city of Thessaloniki.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
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
No sightings were reported all day, and the team began to fear Chesney had wandered beyond the search perimeter.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Just some words on stuff that has wandered in and out of my mind during the past couple of days.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
In an interview last week, his parents, Leonardo and Nelsy, described Gael’s struggles over a video call from Dilley as the boy wandered around a bare meeting room.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 24 Mar. 2026
After attention grew, the possum left the gift shop on its own and wandered into the main terminal.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
The dog had been spooked the previous night and wandered into the darkness, spending a terrifying 24 hours in the frozen Canadian wilderness.
—Seth Carnell, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Over two weekends, thousands of visitors wandered among the blooming peach trees around Veria, located 72 kilometers (45 miles) west of Greece’s second largest city of Thessaloniki.
—ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wandered
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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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Floorboards were milled from walnut trees felled at a construction site in North Carolina.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Apr. 2026
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With a hollow interior trunk, Stumpy was among 158 trees felled in 2024 as part of a project aimed at shoring up a sea wall near the National Mall.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 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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The people who trespassed at the Capitol, and committed disorderly behavior, enabled the mob violence.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Kelly insisted to the Washington Examiner that they were invited into the church, countering claims that the protesters trespassed.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Jan. 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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Loktev describes how that stigmatization was part of a Kremlin effort to discredit any reporters who strayed outside the party line.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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For years, Republican lawmakers and education leaders have argued that sociology — especially high-enrollment introductory courses — has been overtaken by progressive ideology and strayed from empirical scholarship.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Both teams had cruised to the Final Four, each winning easily in the first four rounds.—
Doug Feinberg,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Both teams had cruised to the Final Four, each winning in the first four rounds of the tournament easily.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Wandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wandered. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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