Thesaurus results for ROVED

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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The project was conceived by Sohm, who roamed America for 40 years in an RV with his wife and a camera.

— Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Just a few days ago, the son of 2016 Derby winner Nyquist roamed freely around the fields of nearby Gainesway Farm, a 1,500-acre pastoral equine playground whose history predates US independence.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of roamed

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Drought and a late freeze made this a tough year for Colorado's black bears, and hungry bears wandered into neighborhoods across the state looking for food.

— Anna Alejo, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
One evening, after a day of rain, Steven and I wandered in the Giardino della Misericordia, close to our apartment.

— Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of wandered

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Cara Hile and her mother, Jeri, strolled up to a two-story home in Brookside Saturday, pamphlets in-hand.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
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

Definition of strolled

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But as the boat drifted nearby under a vast, cloudless sky, a pod of pink river dolphins broke the glassy, reflective surface just yards away, their rosy dorsal fins glistening in the late-afternoon sun.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
The big rig traveling in the far right northbound lane of the highway drifted, for unknown reasons, into the right shoulder and hit both vehicles.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

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