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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
Most of the experiments were from private companies, including the two rovers.
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
If Resilience can stick the landing, the plan is to deploy an 11-pound rover that will collect and analyze dirt samples.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
Lunar Outpost, a commercial space company headquartered in Colorado, built the rover, which is named MAPP (short for Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform).
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The Nokia hardware affixed to the lander was also stuck on two payloads designed to move away from it — a mini rover and a hopper.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
If Resilience can stick the landing, the plan is to deploy an 11-pound rover that will collect and analyze dirt samples.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
Lunar Outpost, a commercial space company headquartered in Colorado, built the rover, which is named MAPP (short for Mobile Autonomous Prospecting Platform).
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
The Nokia hardware affixed to the lander was also stuck on two payloads designed to move away from it — a mini rover and a hopper.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rover
Noun
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Majima's two combat styles are brilliantly cool, as are customization options for your crew, your looks and your pirate ship.—
James Perkins Mastromarino,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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Children can enjoy the facilities at the hotel’s Kids Club, which has a large outdoor playground featuring a large play pirate ship.—
Jason Chau,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their weapon, the Sarmat, is named for centuries-old nomads who traversed the steppe on horse.—
Alfredo Sosa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Feb. 2025
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Inspired by the plight of the serfs and his experience among Siberian nomads and the watchmakers of Jura, Switzerland, among other influences, Kropotkin became a luminary of anarchist communism.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In both the series and the books, Jack Reacher is a drifter who moves from town to town, so Ritchson's hero is the show's most consistent presence.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In Kelly Reichardt’s quietly shattering drama, Michelle Williams plays a drifter stranded in Oregon who’s separated from her beloved dog, Lucy, after she’s arrested for shoplifting food.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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More than 75% of all U.S. leisure travelers participate in cultural or heritage activities such as visiting museums.—
Margi Glavovic Nothard,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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Visit California, the state’s tourism agency, revised its overall projections for 2025 visitor spending this month to $160 billion from $166 billion, following the slowdown in the growth of international travelers and the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in January.—
Ceylan Yeğinsu,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At that point, a wayfarer named Reza (Erkan Koçak Köstendil) pops into the picture, showing up at Ali’s cabin in the hills outside town and offering up his services as a gardener.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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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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“Rover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rover. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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