as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
he took a year off and roamed over Europe before going on to college
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Recent Examples of roamed
For the past 12 months our photographers have roamed hotel rooms, celebrity homes and even hideaways of the Hollywood Bowl in search of transcendent shots of Hollywood and arts figures in their element.
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Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The mastodon, a distant relative of modern elephants, roamed the region thousands of years ago.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
Afar’s team roamed wide in 2024.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
By measuring the distribution of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the child’s tissues, the study authors then compared the profile to other animals that roamed during that time.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
The Endangered Species Act allowed wolves to reemerge Wolves once roamed across all of North America.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
In the 19th century, wild turkeys still roamed much of the eastern half of the United States, from Texas to Maine, Bickham said.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
One of the most exciting developments in the field of human origins research since the discovery of Lucy has been the revelation that for most of our prehistory multiple human species, or hominins, roamed the planet.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
This colossal arthropod roamed the Earth between 346 and 290 million years ago, during the late Paleozoic era.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2024
Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The mastodon, a distant relative of modern elephants, roamed the region thousands of years ago.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 19 Dec. 2024
Afar’s team roamed wide in 2024.
—Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
By measuring the distribution of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in the child’s tissues, the study authors then compared the profile to other animals that roamed during that time.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
The Endangered Species Act allowed wolves to reemerge Wolves once roamed across all of North America.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
In the 19th century, wild turkeys still roamed much of the eastern half of the United States, from Texas to Maine, Bickham said.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
One of the most exciting developments in the field of human origins research since the discovery of Lucy has been the revelation that for most of our prehistory multiple human species, or hominins, roamed the planet.
—Donald C. Johanson, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
This colossal arthropod roamed the Earth between 346 and 290 million years ago, during the late Paleozoic era.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Roamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roamed. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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