as in wanders
to move about from place to place aimlessly
theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start
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Recent Examples of meanders
Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
To get there, hikers walk a section of the Pacific Crest Trail that meanders leisurely under oak trees, along a creek and passes grazing cows.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
At Cedar Falls, the creek tumbles off a 70-foot precipice and then meanders through Cedar Creek Canyon into the Petit Jean River to the west.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2025
The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad meanders by the woodlands and along the Cuyahoga River for 26 miles.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Four bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus a powder room, include a lower-level primary suite with a plywood bathroom that opens to a flagstone terrace that meanders over to the pool.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2025
In a typical four-hour episode, Cabello meanders between attacking opposition politicians, telling jokes and promoting the government’s position.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
The 140 miles of trails (this includes neighboring Lenzerheide resort) are great for beginner and intermediate skiers, but there are of course more challenging runs, including the Black Diamond Slope, which meanders down the mountain for over a mile and a half.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
At eight episodes, most running over 50 minutes, Down Cemetery Road feels consistently padded and, especially in its first half, the momentum meanders in frustrating ways.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Imaginative Neptune meanders into your 11th House of Social Causes, encouraging kinder connections — the sort of relationships that further creative endeavors and amp up hopefulness.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
To get there, hikers walk a section of the Pacific Crest Trail that meanders leisurely under oak trees, along a creek and passes grazing cows.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2025
At Cedar Falls, the creek tumbles off a 70-foot precipice and then meanders through Cedar Creek Canyon into the Petit Jean River to the west.
—Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2025
The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad meanders by the woodlands and along the Cuyahoga River for 26 miles.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2025
Four bedrooms and three bathrooms, plus a powder room, include a lower-level primary suite with a plywood bathroom that opens to a flagstone terrace that meanders over to the pool.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2025
In a typical four-hour episode, Cabello meanders between attacking opposition politicians, telling jokes and promoting the government’s position.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
The 140 miles of trails (this includes neighboring Lenzerheide resort) are great for beginner and intermediate skiers, but there are of course more challenging runs, including the Black Diamond Slope, which meanders down the mountain for over a mile and a half.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
At eight episodes, most running over 50 minutes, Down Cemetery Road feels consistently padded and, especially in its first half, the momentum meanders in frustrating ways.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meanders
Verb
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Marcloid wanders patiently through these generative soundscapes like a documentarian in thrall to the process, recording snapshots of the music’s continuous ecosystem.—
Maxie Younger,
Pitchfork,
11 Feb. 2026
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When Elizabeth wanders down below and sees the Creature, the two are mesmerized by one another.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Traffic snarls clearing Northbound Interstate 75 traffic was closed near downtown Cincinnati, Cincinnati police said Tuesday afternoon.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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Despite headwinds like tariffs, supply chain snarls and higher costs for solar panels and other components, Fishman said, the initiative is having an impact.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Over the course of extended scenes, the eye roams the frame, alighting on the pop of natural and manmade details alike.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2026
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In the second—and maddest—section of the poem, the narrator, having fled in panic to France, roams the Breton shoreline.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Accessories should be minimal and delicate, to avoid any tangles mid-journey.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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But the seven-member volunteer commission — long expected to take the reins from OPD’s federal overseers — still seems to be struggling to gain footing within Oakland’s complex bureaucratic tangles.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The film tells the story 21-year-old Junyang, who drifts through life while his father quietly struggles to hold their modest home together.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Kelly’s mid-30s John drifts through life, straining against his mother Jackie Onassis’s expectations while inhabiting a world that’s so clearly his own personal oyster farm.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
12 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The happy couple strolls around town to do normal couple activities (such as a romantic dinner date or appearing on the Kiss Cam at a sporting event), before Pringle Man is destroyed by rabid fans.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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From sunset yoga and a world-class spa to leisurely strolls under the live oaks and days spent by the pool, activities at the 20,000-acre resort are numerous—and relaxing.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2026
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Separated by labyrinths of creeks and smaller cays, each one represents a stepping stone away from civilization, Parrish told me.—
Henry Wismayer,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His only book, Portraits in Life and Death (1976), juxtaposed photos of people in his circle and with images of ancient corpses in the Palermo catacombs.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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For a darker experience in the City of Light, venture beneath Paris and explore its hundreds of miles of catacombs.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Meanders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meanders. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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