as in proceeding
literary
to move from one place to another
We wended through the narrow streets.
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Recent Examples of wending
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.
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wending
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The Bombardier Challenger 600 had gone through a standard de-icing process before proceeding to the runway, Saavedra said.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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As of now, Senate Republican leadership doesn’t plan to detach DHS from the overall legislation and is proceeding with the existing framework.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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Several hundred students at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School joined a nationwide day of protests of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, marching out of school and into the bitter cold in a walkout.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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The two biggest protests were at the National World War I Museum & Memorial grounds and downtown, starting at Oppenstein Park and marching through the streets.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
30 Jan. 2026
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For Ty Dolla Sign, the perfect Sunday begins in the sky, traveling back to Los Angeles from wherever his career has last taken him.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The driverless Waymo, which was traveling at 17 miles per hour, quickly hit the brakes and collided with the child at a speed of roughly 6 miles per hour (Waymo claimed in its blog post that a human driver in the same situation would have only had time to slow to 14 mph).—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
30 Jan. 2026
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This state is notably strict on speeding States have the ability to set their own speed limits, after a nationwide limit of 55 mph was reversed in the 1990s.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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This is the first evidence that this quark-gluon plasma reacts to particles speeding through it in the same way that liquid does, splashing and rippling, acting as a single unified liquid rather than randomly scattering as individual particles would.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Jasper Many travelers catch a glimpse of this small town while journeying on Scenic Highway 7—often ranked as one of the most scenic drives in America—but Jasper has a beauty all of its own.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2026
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With the sun, Mercury and Mars journeying through Aquarius and your third house of curiosity, ideas move faster and your voice carries more weight than usual.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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Galliano, who was famously fired from Dior in 2011, after making antisemitic comments in a bar in Paris, also attended the show, as well as Jean Paul Gaultier, a show of baton-passing if there ever were one.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Authorities said Richardson was driving 104 mph and dangerously passing other motorists on the highway.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Both going and staying are restless states.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Eyad Murrar, the co-founder of Coffee for Gaza, along with his cousin, sells a wide variety of coffee beans, with 50% of the profit going directly to humanitarian relief for Gaza.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Wending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wending. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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