perambulating

Definition of perambulatingnext
present participle of perambulate
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as in strolling
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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Verb
  • Activists are riled up over the food delivery robots traversing the city, operated by the delivery companies Coco and Serve Robotics.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In the clip, Meghan follows behind them filming as Harry leads the way, traversing across the trail and turning frequently to keep an eye on 6-year-old Archie.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Not to be outdone, the Tuscany Active Culinary Walking & Hiking Tour in Italy features wine sipping, a cooking class led by an engaging Italian chef, and plenty of strolling through the countryside.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
  • These days, Bailey is one of the celebrities people would be thrilled to see strolling down Hollywood Boulevard.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This time, the neutrinos seemed to be changing fast enough to oscillate while crossing a room.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Later, grandmother and granddaughter drive down a road of African palm trees, passing a lorry load of immigrants, monotonous electricity grid lines crossing the sky and workers fumigating trees, Villalobos accumulating details of a harsh contemporary world.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • These suede clog mules are an easy choice for everything, including early bakery runs, long travel days, and wandering through mountain towns.
    Paris Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The two-day search for a missing 12-year-old girl came to a surprising end when she was discovered wandering a Dollar General store, according to investigators in North Carolina.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Oil prices dropped following the ceasefire announcement, but the war and the closure of the strait will have lasting impacts on farmers, said Seth Goldstein, a senior equity analyst at Morningstar, an investment research company.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Pop star Britney Spears has voluntarily checked into rehab following her DUI arrest in Southern California in March, a representative for the singer told CBS LA.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Callers told police that after a brief and seemingly hostile interaction with the occupants of the vehicle, the individual left school property and was last seen walking onto Ryan Lane from Edwards Avenue.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • No walking path existed near its perimeter, underlining the fact that the castle looked down on Berkeley Springs from a position of inaccessible dominance.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Their relationship is a challenge, what with Deborah being pissed and Ava navigating her anger as well as the demands of an unrelenting, unfamiliar job.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2026
  • This session will explore how top owners are navigating media shifts, private capital and emerging leagues while balancing competitive success with enterprise value creation.
    Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Hungarians living near the southern frontier, where Orbán made a show of building a border fence during the refugee crisis, are travelling to Croatia to buy cheap groceries.
    Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Thursday’s game is the second of the 76ers’ three-game trip and the first game of a back-to-back, with Philadelphia traveling to play the Indiana Pacers on Friday.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Perambulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perambulating. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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