as in to proceed
literary
to move from one place to another
We wended through the narrow streets.
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Recent Examples of wend
Çatak’s anti-state message acquires an ambiguous power as the movie wends onward, with an enigmatic final shot that finds Aziz tasting clear-skies freedom but still from behind confines of a sort.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
Legal challenges to constitutional doctrines underpinning the modern American administrative state wend their way through increasingly sympathetic courts, promising sweeping changes to the ways our most important institutions act.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
This confusion lay in the speech’s weaving, wending contradictions, and its shifts between tones, something Foster purposefully aimed for in telling the story of her life from child stardom to adult disaffection.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Some of those have been coming here for 40 years, and all of them know to wend their way up the spiral staircase for a tarot card reading between courses.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
Legal challenges to constitutional doctrines underpinning the modern American administrative state wend their way through increasingly sympathetic courts, promising sweeping changes to the ways our most important institutions act.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
This confusion lay in the speech’s weaving, wending contradictions, and its shifts between tones, something Foster purposefully aimed for in telling the story of her life from child stardom to adult disaffection.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Some of those have been coming here for 40 years, and all of them know to wend their way up the spiral staircase for a tarot card reading between courses.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wend
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Other issues will doubtless crop up as the Artemis missions proceed toward the program's audacious goal.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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The case was returned to the trial judge, who, in a March 31 ruling, barred work from proceeding without congressional approval, but suspended enforcement of that order for 14 days.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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In 2024, insurgents led by now-interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham marched to Damascus and removed Assad from power.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI’s ever-changing leadership team has long marched to the beat of its own drum, but the timing of the revelation is curious indeed.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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That’s according to a reporter traveling with Vance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Glover will become the first Black man to travel to deep space, Koch the first woman and Hansen the first non-American.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the courtroom, Alfortish’s face looked gaunt after spending roughly a year in prison, and his hair, thinning now, had gone white.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Nets, who went 26-56 last season, have lost four consecutive season finales.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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However, smaller trucking companies do not always have the ability to pass those costs on to customers without risking losing business.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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City Council passed an ordinance in 2019 banning new mini-storage facilities and auto service shops on a section of Stockton Boulevard.—
ANNIKA MERRILEES,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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In Michigan City along the lakefront, a new second track speeds up travel time to Chicago, and plans call for a $300 million luxury hotel and townhouse development to transform the city into a commuter and tourist destination.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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The British Army and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have completed a multi-week test in Essex using drones, advanced sensors, and AI to speed up and make safer the hunt for deadly mines and munitions scattered on battlefields.—
David Szondy
April 11,
New Atlas,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Wend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wend. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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