wends

verb

present tense third-person singular of wend
as in travels
literary to move from one place to another We wended through the narrow streets.

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Recent Examples of wends In the first onscreen interaction between them, Rue, now working as a drug mule for a dealer named Laurie (Martha Kelly), wends her way through a labyrinthine house party before meeting Alamo, sitting in a hot tub, flanked by four strippers, and wearing a Speedo and a cowboy hat. — Molly Lambert, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026 Late Thursday night the Taliban’s military launched attacks on Pakistani positions along some sections of their porous and disputed border that wends 1,600 miles through rugged mountains and desert. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026 Çatak’s anti-state message acquires an ambiguous power as the movie wends onward, with an enigmatic final shot that finds Aziz tasting clear-skies freedom but still from behind confines of a sort. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026 Earlier this year, Aleah rode for the first time in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, a beloved local race that wends into the mountains every Memorial Day weekend. — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wends
  1. travels
  2. marches
  3. proceeds
  4. goes
  5. speeds
  6. passes
  7. progresses
  8. runs
Verb
  • But the moon's low gravity — around 17% that of Earth — means the dust that an impact stirs up travels a long way and takes a long time to settle, McDowell said.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Watch On In 15th-century Japan, Ashitaka (Yoji Matsuda), the prince of a dying kingdom called Emishi, is infected by a forest demon and travels west searching for a forest god that provides a cure.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of travels
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  • The two women performing a song flee to safety as Montes reaches the bimah, spins around and marches back down the aisle, this time escorted from behind by a security guard, while furiously pounding the air with his fist and ranting.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Bishop Moore marches down the field thanks to a facemask penalty and a 29-yard pass from Blake McCullough to Drew Follett.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of marches
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  • This makes things all the more disorienting when, near the final act, Greg’s leg is chomped off by an allosaurus mid-mallet-fight, before the dino proceeds to eat him headfirst.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Lotto proceeds in Colorado fund programs for parks, wildlife and school construction.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of proceeds
Verb
  • And using an Enterprise Brain would assist as well with a memory that goes across the company.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The financial transaction is complete, the tax benefit is secured, and the question of where the money actually goes slides quietly to the bottom of the to-do list.
    — Nick Allardice, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of goes
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  • Eun-sae, who has heard Tae-ha speaking Korean, speeds up on her motorbike to whisk Tae-ha away from danger.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • ChatGPT Work speeds up and structures the close, but doesn’t replace the underlying accounting system or a controller’s sign-off.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of speeds
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  • If the legislation passes and is signed by the governor, a vehicle's decibel level would have to remain within the limits established when the vehicle was originally purchased.
    — Terell Bailey, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As time passes and questions remain unanswered, the film shows how grief connects, relationships change, and new perspectives emerge.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of passes
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  • Bruce’s family, including Moore and his wife Emma Heming Willis, continue to care for him as his condition progresses.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026
  • We are given a glimpse of events and then drawn into a deeper understanding of them as the story progresses.
    — Deborah Johnson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of progresses
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  • Across the sector as a whole, average payout now runs closer to seven percent, but that average conceals where the money sits.
    — Vandana Arcot, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The deepening rift comes as da Silva, a leftist, runs for a fourth term.
    — Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs

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