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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And wandered around in the alleyway behind her florist job in Venice.—
Paula L. Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Dec. 2024 -
Betsy, her Elf on the Shelf, had wandered off.—
Seth Carnell,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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For the past 12 months our photographers have roamed hotel rooms, celebrity homes and even hideaways of the Hollywood Bowl in search of transcendent shots of Hollywood and arts figures in their element.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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The mastodon, a distant relative of modern elephants, roamed the region thousands of years ago.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Knocked (about).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knocked%20%28about%29. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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