amble
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An amble through the neighborhood showcases a variety of places, often packed with locals, tourists, cabbies and third-shift workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Their split-second choice to amble over to the former consolidated the prediction that Mexico will emerge as the winner of the highly anticipated match on June 11.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
Civilian gawkers amble up the road, snapping photos with the accumulating floral tributes.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
The crowd began to slowly amble out of the square shortly after.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
As I amble back, I wonder if Mrs. Strawberry knows what Alice is up to.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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And when Mitch leaves the building and ambles out into the New York City streets, it looks as though their number won’t happen.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
In automatic mode, the car ambles down the boulevard, murmuring, simmering and keeping its immensity hidden from polite society.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
A painted version of her beloved cat Oliver ambles along the wall toward her.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023
As he ambles in for his annual health check, Kwanmueang's size takes your breath away.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2023
Then she ambles to her sleeping corner and vanishes behind the curtain.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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Matt James, the leading man on Season 25 of “The Bachelor,” ambled around with his mother in a T-shirt that read, “Raw Milk Club.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
As I ambled past groups doing yoga and vacationing families lounging on the grass, pain started to radiate through my ankles and up my shinbones before settling uncomfortably in my hips.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
The beloved children's character ambled into the world in 1926 in a book written by English author A.A.
From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026
At the beer garden in Queens, Arnold Kim, 64 and still recovering from a recent hip replacement, ambled from his nearby apartment to witness the youthful celebration first hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
He was nearing the park and walked straight and purposefully while college students going to and from classes ambled or hurried around him.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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This turn has directly benefited Dokoupil, who was previously ambling around the network’s morning show before getting tapped as its evening leading man.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2026
All over Europe this week, soccer players from the biggest clubs in the game began ambling back to work ahead of the new season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2025
As I read this book, I went on long, ambling walks along the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
American tourists ambling in St Peter's Square on the day after the election were more restrained, and a bit frazzled by the news that the new Pope is from the US.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
“This child,” she says to my dad, who is ambling over to us, “is an escape artist! I need four sets of eyes with her!”
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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