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roved

verb

past tense of rove

as in roamed

to move about from place to place aimlessly buffalo roving over the vast plains

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Recent Examples of roved The wafer dissolved almost instantly; his tongue roved around, trying to coax the soggy body of Christ from his molars. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 As cameras roved around the stadium, women popped their booties, danced with friends and vied for a spot in an onstage twerk-off. — Jolene Almendarez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2026

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In March, federal officials estimated roughly 3,900 wild burros roamed there – far above the agency’s management target of about 450 animals.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026
While dinosaurs roamed the earth, giant monsters roamed the sea.

— October 16, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of roamed

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Five burros were killed and a driver was injured when a herd wandered onto the 215 Freeway in 2020.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At one point, McLoughlin even snubbed Sylvester Stallone, another Kennedy Center Honoree who had wandered into the bar.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of wandered

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Jackson’s blind was situated on rolling private farmland, and late that afternoon a fawn deer strolled down a mountain trail toward Jackson shortly before nightfall.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026
Moments later, a male lion strolled out of the thin trees behind me, settling by the pond for a drink.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of strolled

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Most of those are in the Atlanta suburbs — territory that has drifted decisively toward Democrats over the last decade.

— David Wickert, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Revuluri said he was concerned the race had drifted away from bread-and-butter education issues amid the political noise.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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