as in stroll
a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure
tourists on a morning saunter around the old section of the city
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as in to stroll
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
he lazily saunters about the French countryside, mostly photographing birds and flowers
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Recent Examples of saunter
Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
At one point, Mills paused to introduce me to some friends, and who should saunter over but Senator Angus King himself.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
A couple of tech guys saunter onstage to help her out because this is, after all, the time to figure everything out.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
So there sauntered Judge, one of the most stoic sluggers in a sport full of them.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Murphy snapped the shot just as the seraphic straggler picked his head up to get a sense of his bearings, then later sauntered back to rejoin his comrades.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
At one point, Mills paused to introduce me to some friends, and who should saunter over but Senator Angus King himself.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
A couple of tech guys saunter onstage to help her out because this is, after all, the time to figure everything out.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
So there sauntered Judge, one of the most stoic sluggers in a sport full of them.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saunter
Noun
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One hack for the best view appears to be renting a Citibike and taking a stroll down 5th between 84th and 79th Streets.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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Twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen grab their sunglasses and large black handbags for their stroll in New York City on April 30.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Mira wanted to know who had dispatched him, but the boy wandered off to a playground structure, singing Jimmy Eat World to himself.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The rules required residents to use bear-resistant trash containers as wildlife officials determined bears, typically shy, boldly wandered into neighborhoods in search of left-overs in garbage bins.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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No matter what sport or walk of life, taking a step back can be jarring, but Vahmistrovs took it the opposite way.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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The Giardini di Augusto, Certosa di San Giacomo (the 14th-century charterhouse that now contains the archeological museum), and the Belvedere Tragara, which offers fantastic views of the Faraglioni, are all within a 15-minute walk of the hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 May 2026
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“Saunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saunter. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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