as in travelling
literary
to move from one place to another
We wended through the narrow streets.
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When the former fed asked him how the script was proceeding, he was met with stunned silence.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025 -
Projects such as Interstate 80 between Davis and Sacramento and Route 65 in Placer County are proceeding as scheduled.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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As peaceful demonstrations broke up at Mill Creek Park near the Country Club Plaza Saturday afternoon, protesters began marching along Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard and chanting to a chorus of blaring car horns.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
19 Oct. 2025
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The official protest has concluded, but attendees are now marching around the Statehouse.—
Tony Cook,
IndyStar,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Athmile Wide-Leg Sweatpants, which shoppers love for traveling, running errands, and relaxing at home, have a super-soft fleece lining and pockets big enough for smartphones.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Navigating this while traveling becomes trickier.—
Clay Abney,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
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Once inside, the gang smashed two display cases and made off with several jewels before speeding away on motorbikes.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Phoenix police were looking for the driver of a speeding Tesla that hit a bicyclist who died.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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After venturing to Rome in season four, season five sees Emily spending more time in Italy, even journeying to Venice, as was previously teased in first-look photos.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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With Louis and Claudia (Jacob Anderson and Delainey Hayles) journeying to Europe in search of other vampires, this season of Interview is phenomenal, rounded out with an incredible cast of seductive vamps from the Théâtre des Vampires.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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McVay’s offense inspired imitators as his assistant coaches spread across the NFL over the next few seasons, and while new defensive schemes famously evolved to counter it, 11 personnel seemed a permanent fixture of a league hell-bent on passing.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Missourians love their Katy Trail State Park, the former railroad track turned pancake-flat trail stretches some 240 miles across the state, skirting the river, winding through farmlands, and passing through other small towns.—
Erika Ebsworth-Goold,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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The parts of California where going someplace requires getting on a highway and driving for thirty minutes feel like both Costco’s native habitat and my own.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The show does not reveal how the sentencing ends up going, instead concluding on a hopeful yet uncertain note.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Wending.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wending. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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