roamed

verb

Definition of roamednext
past tense of roam
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. — 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

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