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one of the great wayfarers of American folklore, Johnny Appleseed wandered across the country, always planting apple seeds
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Knee-high, eroded Jizo statues that resembled children — often cloaked in red bibs — peppered the trail to ward off evil and safeguard wayfarers like me.
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Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
And, of course, indigenous Polynesian wayfarers used star compasses to navigate the seas, reading the night sky to set their course.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
But the magic of the Disney musical adventure is in the friendship between Maui and teenage wayfarer Moana (Cravalho), which brings out the big guy's sizable heart on a fantastic voyage that involves cannibal coconuts and a glam crab as well as self-discovery and redemption.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
Svaneti's alpine summers reel in many a wayfarer looking to conquer the web of trails through old-fangled villages with breathtaking scenery of crumbling churches, flowery meadows and the wide open frontier of the Caucasus Mountains.
—Melanie Hamilton, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
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Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
And, of course, indigenous Polynesian wayfarers used star compasses to navigate the seas, reading the night sky to set their course.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
But the magic of the Disney musical adventure is in the friendship between Maui and teenage wayfarer Moana (Cravalho), which brings out the big guy's sizable heart on a fantastic voyage that involves cannibal coconuts and a glam crab as well as self-discovery and redemption.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
Svaneti's alpine summers reel in many a wayfarer looking to conquer the web of trails through old-fangled villages with breathtaking scenery of crumbling churches, flowery meadows and the wide open frontier of the Caucasus Mountains.
—Melanie Hamilton, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
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“Wayfarer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wayfarer. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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