ambled

past tense of amble
as in strolled
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure the couple enjoys ambling along the many footpaths that meander through the park

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Recent Examples of ambled One resident ambled to the front of the room for seconds. Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Suki Waterhouse, too, strolled around in the P-6000’s all-white style with jeans and a button-up, and Kylie Jenner chose the shoe in a pure white colorway to round out her gym attire.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • New Bayern Munich signing Luis Díaz strolled down the left flank before cutting inside and poking a cross along the six-yard line.
    Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the third quarter, Fields pushed through the goal line on a 2-yard run, and sauntered into the end zone untouched on a fourth-and-goal bootleg call in the fourth quarter that worked beautifully.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In keeping with the sibling revelry on display all night, at one point Shultz sauntered over to older brother guitarist Brad Shultz and gave him a sweet brotherly shove after a bit of teasing.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
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  • In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old wandered away from home in the early morning hours.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Palencia did not record an out in the ninth inning and walked off the mound with a right shoulder injury that will likely force the Cubs to reevaluate their entire late-game strategy.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In a video shared by Fox Sports on the social media platform X, several fans scrambled for the ball and eventually a man wearing Phillies gear stood up with it in hand and walked over and gave it to a boy and hugged him.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Ambled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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