as in marched
literary
to move from one place to another
We wended through the narrow streets.
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Recent Examples of wended
The case wended its way through the El Dorado courts for several years before the grand jury returned indictments in 2022.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wended
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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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In 1912, suffragettes marched for women’s rights in New York City wearing Venetian Lip Paste from Elizabeth Arden, an emblem of their grit and determination.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
8 Apr. 2026
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But for Sunday’s game at Madison Square Garden, the second night of a back-to-back set, the Capitals had to turn to Lindgren — and proceeded to hang him out to dry.—
Bailey Johnson,
Washington Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Officers proceeded to search the surrounding area, with help from members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and Hope Town fire officials.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Many evangelicals of Hatmaker’s generation have travelled the same path of pointed questioning—not just about specific verses or churches but about their whole cultural milieu.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The viaducts that constitute the freeway, one of the most traveled in the Bay Area, are 71 years old and carry thousands of vehicles daily.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Several cars sped out of the parking lot before the victim ran away and collapsed.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Whatever the government claims to be planning should be speeded up.—
Robert Hormats,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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The bill passed the judiciary committee unanimously.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The bill passed both chambers with bipartisan majorities.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Hoerner went 3 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs, extending his on-base streak to 11 games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Monroe went from notable to notorious when, in 1952, journalist Aline Mosby first reported that a pinup calendar—featuring a ravishing blonde nude spread across red velvet—was in fact a photograph of the burgeoning star.—
Joshua John Miller,
Vanity Fair,
9 Apr. 2026
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But he’s journeyed to Lourdes and Our Lady of Guadalupe, both of which the Vatican has officially recognized as supernatural Marian apparitions.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the pioneers of the frontier myth, however, these real people journeyed through the West not only from the East, but in many different directions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Wended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wended. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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