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as in experience
an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand
our quiet hike turned into quite an adventure when we encountered a bear and her cub
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as in venture
a risky undertaking
a bold adventure in deep-sea exploration that could imperil the submarine and its crew
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as in to endanger
to place in danger
adventured all his savings in a very risky investment scheme
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as in to risk
to take a chance on
if I had to adventure a guess, I'd say she's about 35
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Recent Examples of adventure
EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The few restaurants are great for such a small town, there’s a proud beer scene, and access to outdoor adventure is off the charts.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
When adventuring on your own, stop in the nearest visitor center or backcountry station for bear safety advice specific to the area.
—Stephanie Vermillion, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Written by David West Read (Schitt's Creek), & Juliet posits a simple question: what would’ve happened if Juliet decided not to kill herself at the end of William Shakespeare’s famous play and instead embarked on her own adventure?
—EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The few restaurants are great for such a small town, there’s a proud beer scene, and access to outdoor adventure is off the charts.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
But thanks to all that gear, Jakob and his family of six (plus two dogs) have been able to adventure around the world and visit many of the globe’s most beautiful spots.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
When adventuring on your own, stop in the nearest visitor center or backcountry station for bear safety advice specific to the area.
—Stephanie Vermillion, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventure
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Egypt's extended experience in peacekeeping missions in Africa and elsewhere provides crucial support to the counterterrorism capabilities of the Somali armed forces and the concerted efforts of the Somali government and people to rebuild their country.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Kudrow said that all of her Friends castmates — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Perry — made her viewing experience endlessly enjoyable.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Angel City was founded in 2020 by actor Natalie Portman, venture capitalist Kara Nortman, and entrepreneur Julie Uhrman.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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On the sports front, Disney’s streaming efforts have been compromised by a legal challenge to its joint venture with Fox and Warner Bros.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
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They’re listed as endangered under state and federal law.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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The singing, chanting, and DIY percussion serves to not only symbolically rouse the trees from their slumber but to scare off bugs, blight, and whatever bad spirits might endanger them.Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 26 Nov. 2024
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The procession of plutocrats could also risk watering down Trump’s populist brand, which gained support among working-class voters in the 2024 election.Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Dec. 2024
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That risks revisiting the debate between big tech and lawmakers around how to breach the encryption enclave without fatally weakening it.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Swims and Bunetta fleshed out the rest of the song in an Airbnb together, taking inspiration from a relationship Swims was struggling with at the time.Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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Given the lack of economic opportunities in the area at the time, Ryan left home after high school, working at a ski hill and then in construction before enrolling in a tourism program at university.Sofia Perez, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Seoul, South Korea CNN — Declaring martial law in a stable and boisterous democracy was an audacious gamble – and one that appears to have backfired spectacularly.Helen Regan, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
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Sending five first-round picks to Brooklyn to acquire Mikal Bridges was a gamble.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Dec. 2024
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London’s Design Museum is hoping people will want to look at said swimsuit without Anderson threatening to pop out of it like a chestburster from the Alien movies.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s effect on state finances On the campaign trail, Trump threatened to withhold federal wildfire funding if Newsom doesn’t go along with his plan to send water to southern farmlands from Northern California.Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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There is speculation that Macron could nominate his ally, Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu for the post, or the veteran centrist leader François Bayrou, the president of the French member party Mouvement Démocrate.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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The setup risks absurdity—the cast (which includes Nathan) essentially wears gorilla suits—but the premise is developed with meticulous and quasi-biological specificity, anthropological rigor, and imaginative speculation about the creatures’ emotions and senses of selfhood.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Adventure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adventure. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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