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jaunting

verb

present participle of jaunt

as in wandering

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But mostly, Clancy has remained silent and wide-eyed, her gaze wandering around the courtroom as though searching for something.

— Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
With Ernst Reijseger’s wonderfully varied score keeping pace, through folk fiddle and classical cello and stretches of wondering, wandering piano, there just have to be touches of fairytale and a dose of Looney Tunes.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

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Buyers were interested but worried about the optics of a show revolving around two wealthy, gallivanting white guys.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Velasquez's social media account captured the real estate agent gallivanting on trips with family and friends following the alleged murder.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

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Colorado officials report twice as many bear sightings and conflicts with humans this year compared with the average, including bears roaming where they aren't normally found.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
But for some odd reason, cats just are not viewed in the same way, especially free-roaming cats.

— Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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And there’s perhaps no better way to experience it than hopping on the rails for a ride through Colorado with the Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2026
And if the couple decides to live a nomadic life, hopping from mansion to mansion, Farlow said thousands of years of Samoyed breeding should come in handy.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

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And last summer, farmers actually set up a turnstile to charge people traipsing through their fields to get a good shot of the Seceda and Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks) mountain ranges.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
My mom is always looking for the next best sneaker for traipsing around the city, and she won’t be caught wearing bulky maximalist running shoes.

— Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026

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Ravishing and deeply enigmatic, Venus doesn’t do anything subtle when journeying through the Underworld.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
Many of the missing are Hindu pilgrims, who were journeying to Kailash Mansarovar, a high-altitude site in Tibet revered by Hindus and Buddhists.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

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Below ground, the future-professor’s shadow runs hard against the palm trees, roving nowhere.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Enclose The Garden With A Fence Enclosing a garden or patio with a fence provides more privacy, discourages roving deer, and adds a little mystery to your property.

— Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026

Definition of roving

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North Korean state media photos showed the girl dressed in a white dress and blazer walking alongside her father on a red carpet, touring the warship and posing with sailors together.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
Lizzie and O’Neil also drifted apart as the actress continued touring with her theater company.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026

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