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roams

verb

present tense third-person singular of roam

as in wanders

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 roams North Carolina will be under the microscope as long as Bill Belichick roams the sidelines in Chapel Hill. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 5 June 2026 Today, the herd roams the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and is managed in partnership with the local fire company, which hosts the annual pony swim—a beloved local tradition. — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026 In one scene, Misael disappears entirely from the forest as the canine roams around in the background while a calf grazes up front. — Vadim Rizov, IndieWire, 16 May 2026 The five-person cast roams the room, sitting at various circular tables to blur the lines between script and improvisation. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026 So this fox crossed an ocean to arrive in a borough where its own species already roams free. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2026 Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026 Brian McCann and Fredi Gonzalez are coaches, while Georgia boy Byron Buxton roams the outfield. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, an 84-year-old man who legally named himself Jesus Christ roams freely in his white dhoti, somehow weaving between the masses who bump into each other with alarming frequency. — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2026

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This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Sometimes, my mind wanders to a question that feels inconceivable.

— Ayana Lage, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026

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