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as in traveller
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
ever since he developed a strong case of wanderlust in college, he's been a rover
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Recent Examples of rover
SpaceX's Starship cargo lander will transport a pressurized rover, currently being developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, to the lunar surface no earlier than fiscal year 2032 to support Artemis VII and subsequent missions.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Sending rovers to another planet with no hope of maintenance or repair stops is a testament to the reliability and durability of this design.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
The images were captured in September by the rover Perserverance, a rover that has spent three years on Mars and is currently on the western wall of the planet's Jezero crater.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Previous images includes a video taken by the Curiosity rover in 2019 and photo that the Opportunity rover snapped in 2004.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Sending rovers to another planet with no hope of maintenance or repair stops is a testament to the reliability and durability of this design.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
The images were captured in September by the rover Perserverance, a rover that has spent three years on Mars and is currently on the western wall of the planet's Jezero crater.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Previous images includes a video taken by the Curiosity rover in 2019 and photo that the Opportunity rover snapped in 2004.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Since the early 1980s, both pirate copying of 35 mm film prints and of U.S. satellite transmissions likely functioned as sources for Omnivideo Corp., a line of analog videos that carried titles distributed by U.S. companies.Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made by History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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But Armstrong gets to play the savvier, less naive Fern as a bit more of a badass, though all four kids are in over their heads when the ship’s malfunctioning droid (Nick Frost) navigates them straight into a pirate den.Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
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According to the study, which was published in the journal Antiquity, the temple is believed to be the handiwork of the Nabataean civilization—Arian nomads who are known for carving elaborate structures out of rose-colored rock.Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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Throughout the war, Arab nomads such as the Misseriya secretly traded with the rebels in both the south and the north.Jérôme Tubiana, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2013
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From the beginning, Autumn has always been the most mysterious character — a drifter who showed up in episode one to camp on the west pasture and almost immediately pushed Royal into the hole as an experiment.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 May 2024
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The now-deceased drifter from Cleveland was recently identified as the man who killed Janice Christensen at a Hudson park in August 1987.Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
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Moreover, strong public communication is essential in maintaining traveler confidence in the safety of air travel.Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Previously, cruise ship travelers had been exempt from any tourist taxes because they were considered to be 'in transit' under the longstanding Non-Migrant Rights policy, according to the Mexican Association of Shipping Agents (AMANAC).Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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My personal nightmare manifested around 2018 in the form of ’90s-style tiny sunglasses (and later, eyeglasses), after what felt like a solid two decades of the wayfarers and oversized frames that suited my very round face.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Knee-high, eroded Jizo statues that resembled children — often cloaked in red bibs — peppered the trail to ward off evil and safeguard wayfarers like me.Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
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“Rover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rover. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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