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as in nomads
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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as in pirates
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea
a story of the days when sea rovers plied the Caribbean
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Recent Examples of rovers
Goddard has been involved in all of the space agency’s moon rovers and has sent spacecraft to Jupiter and other planets in the solar system.
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Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
These tests have been essential to the success of missions like NASA’s Mars rovers and landers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
The lander's cargo will include essential supplies for the astronauts, food, water and oxygen, along with scientific instruments, communication systems, power generation units and even rovers.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
To find out, future rovers may need tools that can detect larger, more complex organic molecules in places where they’re best preserved.
—Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
The rovers are managed from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
These tests have been essential to the success of missions like NASA’s Mars rovers and landers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
The lander's cargo will include essential supplies for the astronauts, food, water and oxygen, along with scientific instruments, communication systems, power generation units and even rovers.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2025
To find out, future rovers may need tools that can detect larger, more complex organic molecules in places where they’re best preserved.
—Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
The rovers are managed from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Their three robotic rovers, outfitted with an array of cutting-edge imagery gear including time-of-flight cameras, helped the team generate an atlas of 3D maps of the site - from its skylight to its inner passageways.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rovers
Noun
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Sometimes, though, nomads fall in love with a new country and want to stay forever.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Oct. 2025
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These friends, all Amazigh (Berber) nomads, have embarked on a musical voyage to celebrate their roots and share the richness of their heritage with the world.—
Jake Richardson,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Just like Scott said, there were a lot of pirates out there.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The book, which is from Australia, follows Bee and her fellow runaways, who discover a new friend, Paco, is a Lost Boy from Neverland who needs them to fight hordes of pirates led by a merciless new leader.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Adventure guides the ninth sign's spirit; these wanderers are not afraid to take risks.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Already, some skywatchers have caught sight of these icy wanderers.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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But travelers could still see flight cuts even if the government were to reopen next week, as the FAA’s order requires airlines to cancel flights days in advance.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Air travelers came and went mostly without trouble at Denver International Airport on Friday, expressing gratitude for federal air traffic controllers working without pay, ready to adapt as flight reductions ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration kicked in.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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In any case, these are Beckett’s drifters, no doubt, right down to the aching feet and bad breath.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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Shu Qi has spent her career embodying other people’s stories — enigmatic drifters for Hou Hsiao-hsien, comic foils in international action franchises, or, more recently, the tragic heroine of Bi Gan’s Cannes award winner Resurrection.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Rovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rovers. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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