as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
we knocked about from town to town, looking for work
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But by the time cops were distributing her image, her worried parents had realized that the child wandered off and had begun canvassing the neighborhood for her.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026 -
Mike tells me about mornings when students at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette wake to emails announcing classes are canceled because one of the resident gators has wandered onto campus.—
Phil Thomas,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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Rock iguanas once roamed freely across the islands of Turks and Caicos.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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In the 1950s, as many as 3,000 Malaysian tigers roamed that country.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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The system was able to consistently track how these icebergs split, drifted, and melted over time.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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The man's pickup truck drifted over the centerline and struck a school bus head-on.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The College was also spotted in episodes 7 and 8 when members of the Ton strolled through the Grand Square and surrounding areas.—
Kayla Keegan,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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My daily scroll stalled as a woman strolled around her sunny home, unlatching each window, letting the fresh air flow in despite the snow on the ground.—
Calin Van Paris,
Outside,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Knocked (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocked%20%28about%29. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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