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also galavant
as in to wander
to move about from place to place aimlessly
gallivanted about the country before returning to school in the fall
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Recent Examples of gallivant
Employing her roommate and friend Fergus Campbell as a director, Latour gallivanted across Columbia's campus with roommates and friends as background actors.
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Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
Tonight, the gang is gallivanting off the yacht, the charter season’s first opportunity for extracurricular activity.
—Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2024
Book 2: The Viscount Who Loved Me Anthony Bridgerton is ready to get married after gallivanting around London.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 21 May 2024
Scott, at his most creepy and conniving, plays Tom Ripley, a low-rent con artist in New York in the 1960s who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when a rich shipping magnate employs him to convince the man's wayward heir to come home and stop gallivanting across Italy.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
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Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
Tonight, the gang is gallivanting off the yacht, the charter season’s first opportunity for extracurricular activity.
—Molly Fitzpatrick, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2024
Book 2: The Viscount Who Loved Me Anthony Bridgerton is ready to get married after gallivanting around London.
—Kari Sonde, TIME, 21 May 2024
Scott, at his most creepy and conniving, plays Tom Ripley, a low-rent con artist in New York in the 1960s who gets the opportunity of a lifetime when a rich shipping magnate employs him to convince the man's wayward heir to come home and stop gallivanting across Italy.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallivant
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Only another party of two had wandered in during our meal.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Inside, wander through palaces and halls, as well as Musamman Burj, an octagonal tower where Shah Jahan is believed to have been imprisoned by his son.—
Tanvi Chheda,
AFAR Media,
17 Jan. 2025
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With millions of animals roaming our planet, some are rarely spotted by people.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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His dribbling ability helps him in tight spaces as well, or when roaming towards the wide areas (as can be seen below).—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Johnson's Trump proceeded to give a rambling monologue while the actors portraying the founding fathers, including Miranda, remained frozen behind him.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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Along the other side of the approach, Lauren conceived a rambling hedgerow thicket and conduit for wildlife anchored with birch cultivars and native wildflowers.—
Sara James Mnookin,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Campbells have been known to just sit on a terrace with a local beer keeping a look-out for those whales while giant icebergs float past.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Even if 10% tariffs are imposed on China, that’s far lower than the original 60% that Trump had floated during his campaign.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Gallivant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallivant. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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