as in to proceed
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to move from one place to another
We wended through the narrow streets.
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Recent Examples of wend
To do so, the men must plunge into and wend their way through a mob.
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Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
This is because the now asphalted road that wends its way through the glen bisects an ancient ritual landscape dotted with meaning.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The case wended its way through the El Dorado courts for several years before the grand jury returned indictments in 2022.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025
In May, the U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized court in New York, agreed and blocked the tariffs, although the government was allowed to continue collecting them while its appeal wend its way through the legal system, and may likely end up at the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
This is because the now asphalted road that wends its way through the glen bisects an ancient ritual landscape dotted with meaning.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The case wended its way through the El Dorado courts for several years before the grand jury returned indictments in 2022.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025
In May, the U.S. Court of International Trade, a specialized court in New York, agreed and blocked the tariffs, although the government was allowed to continue collecting them while its appeal wend its way through the legal system, and may likely end up at the U.S. Supreme Court.
—Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wend
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Despite Guterres’s words, COP30 will proceed on the understanding that temperature rise can remain below this limit.—
Sophie Yeo,
The Dial,
4 Nov. 2025
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While responding to the fire alarm, a Harvard officer saw two people fleeing the building and attempted to stop them before proceeding to the floor where the alarm was triggered, officials previously said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Schuschnigg resigned, accepted Hitler’s terms to avoid the shedding of Bruderblut, and, on March 12, German troops marched into Austria.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Others marched and protested in support of the boycott, engaging in high-risk forms of activism that could cost them their jobs.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors travel to Matthew Knight Arena to face the Oregon Ducks in their 2025-26 season-opening college basketball matchup.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The plane had hundreds of thousands of pounds of fuel on board to travel all the way to Honolulu, Louisville Fire Chief Brian O’Neill said in the press conference.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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Its share price collapsed a few months after going public, losing a third of its value since the start of the year before Monday's news.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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The honks of wild Canada geese, for instance, fresh out of the Arctic and now high in the clouds going south, signal a change in seasons for me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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In response, Delaware last March passed a law to make the state more alluring, to which Texas quickly counter-punched with an even friendlier law.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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No ordinance was passed that declared the bottom 5 percent of Burgher children (later raised to 10) superfluous, but this was the beginning of a long period of economic contraction throughout the empire, and competition for a dwindling supply of guild positions became intense.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Researchers also discovered that dark energy had not always been dominant, appearing to begin its rule and start speeding up the expansion of the universe around 5 billion years ago, or roughly 9 billion years after the Big Bang.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The vehicle reportedly sped into a shopping plaza, where the incident — captured on video — unfolded.—
Bonny Chu , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Wend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wend. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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