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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
The reality is that the same antennae that are used to receive signals from the Moon are also needed for the two active rovers on Mars, probes around the Sun and the planets, and spacecraft at the edge of our Solar System and beyond.
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Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
The China National Space Administration, in contrast, has spent the past few years landing rovers on the far side of the moon and retrieving moon rocks for study.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
In the future, continuous two-way connectivity could also allow scientists to remotely pilot rovers and monitor critical lunar infrastructure.
—Adam Bluestein, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
The goal is a moon base with landers, rovers, drones and habitats.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Robotic spacecraft, including rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity, and a fleet of Mars orbiters have spent years scouring the surface of the red planet for a variety of purposes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing next-generation spacecraft, rovers and drones to facilitate the American Moon base.
—Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Since then RTGs have flown on interplanetary missions including the Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to the outer solar system, the New Horizons voyage to Pluto and beyond, the Viking 1 and 2 Mars landers, and the rovers Curiosity and Perseverance.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
These will include rovers, instruments, and power systems designed to support future human operations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026
The China National Space Administration, in contrast, has spent the past few years landing rovers on the far side of the moon and retrieving moon rocks for study.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
In the future, continuous two-way connectivity could also allow scientists to remotely pilot rovers and monitor critical lunar infrastructure.
—Adam Bluestein, Scientific American, 5 Apr. 2026
The goal is a moon base with landers, rovers, drones and habitats.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Robotic spacecraft, including rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity, and a fleet of Mars orbiters have spent years scouring the surface of the red planet for a variety of purposes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin are developing next-generation spacecraft, rovers and drones to facilitate the American Moon base.
—Scott Solomon, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Since then RTGs have flown on interplanetary missions including the Pioneer 10 and 11 and Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to the outer solar system, the New Horizons voyage to Pluto and beyond, the Viking 1 and 2 Mars landers, and the rovers Curiosity and Perseverance.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026
These will include rovers, instruments, and power systems designed to support future human operations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rovers
Noun
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Increasingly erratic precipitation since the 1980s has forced many nomads to come in from the desert.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Another camp speculates that these forebears met human nomads on the trail of big game and started traveling with them, eventually arriving in China via Mongolia through their supporting role as war dogs.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Tim Brinkhof The Past Julius Caesar was once captured by pirates.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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Themed weeks include Harry Potter, Star Wars and pirates.—
Jessie Dax-Setkus,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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These ancient wanderers, like comet 3I/ATLAS, are cosmic time capsules.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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There is, however, something else travelers should expect.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Floating alone where the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans meet, this island nation was long considered too out-of-the-way for travelers … until airlines like Icelandair started luring Americans with cheap flights to Europe that included a stopover in Iceland.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Apr. 2026
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The men and women under his employ were a rag-tag gang of dreamers and drifters, brought together by a love for adventure, a disdain for the society that had thrown their friends away in Vietnam, and a desire to spread the gospel of ganja.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Rovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rovers. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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