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as in roamed
to move about from place to place aimlessly
we just went outside and wandered around until it was time to go
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as in fell
to commit an offense
we have all wandered from the path of righteousness at least once in our lives
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Recent Examples of wandered
The 5-year-old, identified as William, slipped through the front gate of his family's home and wandered to a nearby Chick-fil-A, where he was greeted by the staff and treated to a breakfast sandwich, per the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO).
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Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Eli McCann, 41, (@eliwmccann) posted a clip on TikTok, recounting a moment from several years ago when his then 5-year-old niece was exploring his house and wandered into his bedroom.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Subsequent video surveillance showed Nieves accelerating all over town, driving on dirt roads, even loading lumber into the Corvette while a dog wandered around the interior.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Visitors wandered through an assortment of historic tanks spread across a rock basin.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
While Snell and catcher Will Smith appealed to the first-base umpire, Laureano wandered away from second base, looking back over his shoulder for the call from first-base umpire Chris Guccione.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Aug. 2025
The woman has memory issues and may have wandered off from a caretaker, police said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Our species wandered onto the scene sometime between 63,000 and 73,000 years ago, but at least one other hominin species had already been there for at least a million years.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Eli McCann, 41, (@eliwmccann) posted a clip on TikTok, recounting a moment from several years ago when his then 5-year-old niece was exploring his house and wandered into his bedroom.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Subsequent video surveillance showed Nieves accelerating all over town, driving on dirt roads, even loading lumber into the Corvette while a dog wandered around the interior.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
During the 1880s, the brothers lived here and made their livelihood rustling cattle and horses, while at the same time disposing of unsuspecting ranchers who wandered too close to their hideout.
—Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Visitors wandered through an assortment of historic tanks spread across a rock basin.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
While Snell and catcher Will Smith appealed to the first-base umpire, Laureano wandered away from second base, looking back over his shoulder for the call from first-base umpire Chris Guccione.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Aug. 2025
The woman has memory issues and may have wandered off from a caretaker, police said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Our species wandered onto the scene sometime between 63,000 and 73,000 years ago, but at least one other hominin species had already been there for at least a million years.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wandered
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High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many of these injuries were caused by aerial bombardments, as Israel Defense Forces jets, helicopters and drones regularly roamed the skies, Burney said.—
Brendan Rascius,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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When a mother tree is felled, the survival rate of many of its seedlings may be drastically reduced, a process not unlike the reciprocal feedback loop of Yggdrasill, whose deterioration in response to discord in the nine realms spells cosmic collapse.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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There are also beautifully observed moments toward the end with Dorotea and Riccardo; and a moving reckoning with death when Mariano’s favorite horse, a stallion named Elvis, is felled by illness and the president refuses to end his suffering by having the animal put to sleep.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Aug. 2025
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Our mutual social contacts have drifted away.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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The small vessel drifted away into the current of the Thames.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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There were, after all, the men who trespassed, as if my young body was theirs to forage.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Last year Google fired 28 employees after some trespassed at the company's facilities.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
27 Aug. 2025
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Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Once the cars arrived at the Kinnison family home, Robert was sitting in a lawn chair surrounded by loved ones as the cars strolled through.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Bovino’s sense of mission never strayed from the Border Patrol’s roots.—
Elliot Spagat,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Romano, in fact, rarely strayed from her own experiences, relationships and memories for the subjects of her writing.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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But the 2025 rematch was a different story, as Bell cruised to a dominant 51-13 victory.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Argentina cruised throughout the qualification process with and without Messi.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Wandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wandered. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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