as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
he took a year off and roamed over Europe before going on to college
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Recent Examples of roamed
It's estimated 60 million bison once roamed North America, but they were nearly driven to extinction in the 1800s, and by 1889, there were only a few hundred wild bison remained.
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
In Comal County just north of San Antonio, Bender’s Cave is yielding an unprecedented look at the megafauna that once roamed the region around 100,000 years ago.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Locals reported that the dogs came from the same village and typically roamed together, forming strong bonds.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
Community Rallies to Help Locals reported that the dogs came from the same village and typically roamed together, forming strong bonds.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit, filed March 9 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the plan for eradicating the deer, which have roamed the island for 100 years, was wrongfully approved by the state and needs an environmental review.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
This bit of mammoth tusk is about 2 feet long and looks more like a log than part of a big curved tooth from a hairy beast that roamed the tundra before going extinct thousands of years ago.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
Two wolves roamed separately into the southern end of Colorado’s Front Range mountains in February, passing through watersheds west of Pueblo and Colorado Springs, a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
On Sunday, cartel operatives roamed the streets with guns, hijacking cars, ordering passengers out and setting the vehicles ablaze, authorities said, part of a wave of retribution attacks.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
In Comal County just north of San Antonio, Bender’s Cave is yielding an unprecedented look at the megafauna that once roamed the region around 100,000 years ago.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Locals reported that the dogs came from the same village and typically roamed together, forming strong bonds.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
Community Rallies to Help Locals reported that the dogs came from the same village and typically roamed together, forming strong bonds.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
The lawsuit, filed March 9 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the plan for eradicating the deer, which have roamed the island for 100 years, was wrongfully approved by the state and needs an environmental review.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
This bit of mammoth tusk is about 2 feet long and looks more like a log than part of a big curved tooth from a hairy beast that roamed the tundra before going extinct thousands of years ago.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
Two wolves roamed separately into the southern end of Colorado’s Front Range mountains in February, passing through watersheds west of Pueblo and Colorado Springs, a map released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
On Sunday, cartel operatives roamed the streets with guns, hijacking cars, ordering passengers out and setting the vehicles ablaze, authorities said, part of a wave of retribution attacks.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roamed
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Colorado has 18 wolves outfitted with collars, plus pups and others that wandered from neighboring states.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Owners stood beside their cars on the lawn, residents and visitors wandered freely through the park, and hot rods shared space with antiques and other classic automobiles.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, Rangers manager Skip Schumaker strolled to the mound in the fifth inning to tell his pitcher Carter Baumler something.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Madison Booker set the Longhorns' scoring record for the NCAA Tournament as Texas shook off an early test from Oregon and strolled to 100-58 victory at Moody Center.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
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So Prairie View drifted into the night, and Tampa glowed for the Gators.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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Using magnetic traces from ancient pieces of Earth’s crust, researchers found that a chunk of what is now Western Australia drifted toward the magnetic north pole over a few million years, as part of South Africa remained stationary.—
Marissa Grunes,
Scientific American,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Roamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roamed. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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