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as in to traverse
to make one's way through, across, or over we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air

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as in to stroll
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village

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Recent Examples of perambulate Hunter, who’s called upon to bring a dynamic physicality to Solange, perambulating with the assistance of a considerably loud walker, is agonizing and entertaining as a controlling Southern Belle whose microaggressions (and incontinence) eventually pushes her daughter-in-law to the edge. Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024 The franchise has moved continually west, perambulating from Rochester to Cincinnati to Kansas City (and, briefly, Omaha, as well), and finally, in 1985, to Sacramento, where its parched fans are enjoying their first playoff run since 2006. Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023 Sentences tend to perambulate only to land in fresh territory. Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023 Bridge Street is one of Huntsville’s five Arts & Entertainment Districts, in which guests may perambulate outdoors with open containers of alcoholic beverages purchased at businesses within that district. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Sep. 2022 Conveniently, Grey’s brother, Lord Melton, happens to be perambulating with Geneva and Isobel while Grey and Jamie are talking. Roxane Gay, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2017
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  • Disney's Parr House overlooks Cotino Bay, a massive body of water that guests will also be able to traverse via different types of watercraft.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There is also a dancing thread, taking the shape of the Quarona factory and circling the globe before arriving in New York, where a Loro Piana truck with raw fiber bales traverses the facade.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • That’s fine if your ideal rom-com is familiar enough to enjoy while strolling room to room putting away laundry or watching via a second screen while your first displays Da Bears game.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Explore the corn maze, stroll through a sunflower field, enjoy riverfront tractor rides and take in the views with hot air balloon and helicopter rides available on select weekends.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Migrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa and try to enter Europe to claim asylum along the Italian coast.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Gavin Sawchuk may or may not have crossed the goal line on a shovel pass.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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  • The latest offering – the Nomads – is designed for folks who like to wander, and can be had with three batteries.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Others let their curiosity get the best of them and wander out into the world through a new hole in the fence.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Without an excellent performance from the Italian, Spurs would doubtless be travelling back to north London following a second defeat in four days.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Passmore explains the mix of personal reflection and historical storytelling in the book which follows the main character, a version of himself, time-traveling through a century of the Black radical tradition.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • As the undulant hills beyond the valley turned blue in front of me, a cat sauntered onto the veranda and wound its tail around my ankles.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Kids will love sending this Dilophosaurus sauntering across the floor, frightening everything and everyone in his path.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Footage that has now gone viral shows Herrera happily pumping her fists in the air and walking to the front of the stage to join the finalists, while Deane suddenly paused between names.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • These are adults with baggage, unable to walk away from their pasts.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • At the end of the week, Mel struggled to navigate his feelings for each woman.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • While most humans are brushing their teeth and heading to bed, hundreds of millions of birds are taking to the sky – migrating south for the winter, using the moon and the stars to navigate on a journey that will take them thousands of miles.
    Hannah Chinn, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Perambulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perambulate. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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