as in travelling
literary
to move from one place to another
We wended through the narrow streets.
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Typically, it’s recommended to wait four to eight weeks after a biopsy before proceeding to surgery to give your prostate and the surrounding tissue time to heal first.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025 -
More Tech on the Horizon Thanks to advancements in laser technology, 3D printing, and AI, the development of new types of lenses is proceeding at a faster rate.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Early on the morning of March 16th, Nayib Bukele, the President of El Salvador, posted video footage of Salvadoran agents marching the Venezuelan men into prison and shaving their heads.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Raiders came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, marching 66 yards down the field on six plays and scoring on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Geno Smith to Tre Tucker.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Things won't get any easier for Flacco next week with the Browns traveling to Baltimore to play the Ravens, who typically always have a top-10 caliber defense.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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In February, more than 40 people were killed in southern Mexico when a bus traveling to Tabasco from the tourist city of Cancun hit a trailer truck and caught fire.—
Lizbeth Diaz,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Warmer temperatures increase evaporation, drying out rivers, reservoirs, soil and vegetation, and speeding up Earth’s water cycle as more water goes back into the air for precipitation.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Another house-sized space rock, spanning around 58 feet, is also speeding towards Earth tomorrow, according to NASA, joined by a 35-foot-diameter asteroid expected to get with 500,000 miles of our planet.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Astronauts are on the cusp in the years ahead of journeying all the way to the Red Planet, where so far only rovers and orbiters have dared to venture.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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That journeying, evolutionary spirit of chamoy is rooted in its origins, which aren’t documented clearly but reflect a connection between the Americas and Asia.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
Denver Post,
19 Aug. 2025
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The improvements came in the passing attack, with wideout Javen Nicholas recording a career-best 11 catches for 122 yards, coming just one shy of tying Austin Duke’s program reception record of 12.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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This phenomenon is caused by sunlight passing through the Earth’s ozone layer in the upper atmosphere, Russell said.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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In the memoir, Sheen blames this same testosterone cream for feeding his state of mind going into that encounter.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pictures of Bambi going about her day with a microphone on her collar.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Wending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wending. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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