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as in traveller
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
ever since he developed a strong case of wanderlust in college, he's been a rover
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Recent Examples of rover
On board is a micro rover built by ispace called Tenacious as well as several commercial payloads.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Other space projects with Honda involvement include a pressurized crewed Moon rover developed in partnership between Japan's space agency and Toyota.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Resilience carried a rover with a shovel to gather lunar dirt as well as a Swedish artist's toy-size red house for placement on the moon's dusty surface.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
The pioneering company is focused on developing robotic landers and lunar rovers with the overarching goal of expanding humanity's presence beyond Earth and building a sustainable cislunar economy.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 4 June 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Other space projects with Honda involvement include a pressurized crewed Moon rover developed in partnership between Japan's space agency and Toyota.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Resilience carried a rover with a shovel to gather lunar dirt as well as a Swedish artist's toy-size red house for placement on the moon's dusty surface.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
The pioneering company is focused on developing robotic landers and lunar rovers with the overarching goal of expanding humanity's presence beyond Earth and building a sustainable cislunar economy.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rover
Noun
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However, the very same ruling condemned Anthropic for its alternative sourcing method: using pirate websites.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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To make matters even worse, snow pirates, survivalists, bandits, the colonial military force NEVEC, and other factions are fighting over land and resources.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
27 June 2025
Noun
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But for the connected nomad needing internet on the road or out in the backwoods, this power flexibility is a game-changer.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 May 2025
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Entrepreneurs are building huge businesses as nomads.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Noun
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In fact, one of her biggest food joys in TGM is to eat as a solo drifter.—
Klara Feenstra
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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The title is a reference to Samuel Beckett’s classic play about a pair of drifters stuck waiting for a visitor who never shows, while his blend of fact and fiction takes a page from Gonzo classics like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The nightmare comes as travelers gear up for the holiday weekend.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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If the pattern holds, travelers could soon be marking their calendars for the tiger shark aggregation on Okaloosa Island.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Meanwhile, a crooked wayfarer named St. Christophe (Jackson) is hot on Broadway’s trail, catching up with the young man and revealing that his dead dad wasn’t, in fact, a stand-up guy.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2025
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Who had no incidents of negative treatment of others, and who had a wonderful community and team at wayfarer who all held the same moral fortitude and lived their life accordingly.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Rover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rover. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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