perambulated

Definition of perambulatednext
past tense of perambulate
1
as in traversed
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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2
as in strolled
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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  • Igra added that a friend who traversed the route months later and wound up in the jail as well also remembered the soup and had been telling her children about it for years.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Only 10 ships have traversed the strait in the last 24 hours.
    Jim Edwards, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
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  • Nearly half a million people strolled through the grounds last year, nearly double the number in 2015.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Once product characters strolled into the park in 1974, the floodgates opened.
    John Haddad, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
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  • Now 43-38, Charlotte has lost ground this week with difficult losses to Boston and Detroit that followed the same blueprint, as the Hornets fell off a cliff in the fourth quarter at the wrong time.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Its techniques are still breathtaking today, richer and more substantial than any images that came before and many that followed.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
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  • As party members slowly trickled into the building Saturday morning, campaign volunteers wandered, handing out bags with posters for Marx or walking in slow arcs with signs for fellow chief executive hopeful Robert Moore.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2026
  • At Elmhurst, a resident in a Tufts University School of Medicine zip-up wandered out to see what was going on.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
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  • That’s probably why class-crossed lovers make such fertile ground for fiction—look at Heathcliff and Cathy, or poor Scudder and Maurice.
    Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The ships crossed the strait from east to west to the Gulf before making their way back to the Arabian sea, according to the report.
    Angela Cullen, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
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  • Leaving the Heavener Football Center on Wednesday, Baugh sauntered several hundred yards to his car without a phone in his hands — a rare sight among his fellow students on the UF campus.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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  • Ohtani struck out once and was intentionally walked in the eighth with runners on first and second.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The first lady spoke for about five minutes, reading her statement in the Grand Foyer, then walked away without taking questions.
    Collin Binkley, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
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  • In 2025, central bank purchases declined to 863 tons as market participants navigated record-high price volatility.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (2018) Another couple who navigated family issues ahead of their wedding day?
    Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Perambulated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perambulated. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

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