as in to proceed
literary to move from one place to another We wended through the narrow streets.
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Recent Examples of wend Çatak’s anti-state message acquires an ambiguous power as the movie wends onward, with an enigmatic final shot that finds Aziz tasting clear-skies freedom but still from behind confines of a sort. —
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026 Legal challenges to constitutional doctrines underpinning the modern American administrative state wend their way through increasingly sympathetic courts, promising sweeping changes to the ways our most important institutions act. —Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026 This confusion lay in the speech’s weaving, wending contradictions, and its shifts between tones, something Foster purposefully aimed for in telling the story of her life from child stardom to adult disaffection. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026 Some of those have been coming here for 40 years, and all of them know to wend their way up the spiral staircase for a tarot card reading between courses. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wend
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026 Legal challenges to constitutional doctrines underpinning the modern American administrative state wend their way through increasingly sympathetic courts, promising sweeping changes to the ways our most important institutions act. —Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026 This confusion lay in the speech’s weaving, wending contradictions, and its shifts between tones, something Foster purposefully aimed for in telling the story of her life from child stardom to adult disaffection. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026 Some of those have been coming here for 40 years, and all of them know to wend their way up the spiral staircase for a tarot card reading between courses. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wend
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The impact knocked the rear of Kvapil’s Camaro airborne, and the car proceeded to barrel-roll down the backstretch, coming to rest on its roof.— Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
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Advertisement In a sign of limited exceptions to the shutdown, the cruise operator Tui said on Sunday that two of its ships, Mein Schiff 4 and Mein Schiff 5, had passed through the strait after receiving approval from relevant authorities and would proceed to the Mediterranean.— Gemma Fox, Time, 19 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of high school and university students marched through the Czech capital on Wednesday to protest against a government plan to overhaul and reduce funding for public radio and television.— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
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When the Greek Independence Day Parade marches up Fifth Ave.— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
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That’s according to a reporter traveling with Vance.— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Glover will become the first Black man to travel to deep space, Koch the first woman and Hansen the first non-American.— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
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As propaganda goes, the patriotic programming was benign.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Murakami connected for a two-run home run to right, which went 425 feet, in the fifth inning.— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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No team allowed more points or passing yards than the Cowboys in 2025.— Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Virginia lawmakers endorsed a constitutional amendment allowing their mid-decade redistricting last fall, then passed it again in January as part of a two-step process that requires an intervening election for an amendment to be placed on the ballot.— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
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In Michigan City along the lakefront, a new second track speeds up travel time to Chicago, and plans call for a $300 million luxury hotel and townhouse development to transform the city into a commuter and tourist destination.— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
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The British Army and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) have completed a multi-week test in Essex using drones, advanced sensors, and AI to speed up and make safer the hunt for deadly mines and munitions scattered on battlefields.— David Szondy April 11, New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Wend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/wend. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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