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as in mischievous
engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
blamed the prank on errant students
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as in nomadic
traveling from place to place
the errant gunslinger as a standard character in western novels
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Recent Examples of errant
The Raiders kept the momentum firing in the bottom of the inning, cutting the deficit to two after Clements reached on an error, stole second, advanced to third on a groundout and scored after an errant throw following the groundout.
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Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
But just like the errant fan, the performance didn’t seem to faze the Frenchman.
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Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
And that’s a hopeful timeline, given the hurdles of demining, returning confidence to captains and insurers, and bringing in a legion of empty tankers to stock up — and the risk that one errant drone could reset the whole process to square one.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
Lincoln Adams reached on a fielder’s choice, an errant pickoff at first base allowed Adams to take second base, and Yencho’s single drove in Adams.
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Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
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Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
But just like the errant fan, the performance didn’t seem to faze the Frenchman.
—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
And that’s a hopeful timeline, given the hurdles of demining, returning confidence to captains and insurers, and bringing in a legion of empty tankers to stock up — and the risk that one errant drone could reset the whole process to square one.
—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
Lincoln Adams reached on a fielder’s choice, an errant pickoff at first base allowed Adams to take second base, and Yencho’s single drove in Adams.
—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for errant
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In House of the Dragon’s season 2 premiere, Aegon II brought him to a meeting where Jaehaerys II was mischievous and bored.
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The show features a wide cast of colorful characters, namely Ginger’s mother Lois (Laraine Newman), her quirky friends Dodie (Aspen Vincent) and Macie (Jackie Harris Greenberg), and her mischievous little brother Carl (Jeannie Elias).
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The disease decimated not only crowded cities, but also small, nomadic hunter-gatherer groups.
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As the May renewal date approached, Walsh and the company made the decision to leave their home on Irving Park and return, once again, to the nomadic lifestyle of their early days.
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Has Greta eaten or chewed on anything naughty?
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The play was naughty stuff in 1925, when the show, starring Tallulah Bankhead, got banned.
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Dinners take place in traditional nomad tents around the communal fire pit, and range from steaming hot pots with yak meat, mushrooms and tofu to haute-Tibetan tasting menus with wild vegetables in corn foam, tsampa grissini, and lamb shoulder with yak yogurt glaze and salsa verde.
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New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.
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Are those still your worst fears?
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While a higher tracker error is not bad in and of itself, most investors become uncomfortable when their portfolio acts so differently from the index.
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“Errant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/errant. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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