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ambling

  • present participle of amble.

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But The Guardian described it, external as a "slow and ambling show" that "moved with all the urgency of the recently tranquillised".

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

This turn has directly benefited Dokoupil, who was previously ambling around the network’s morning show before getting tapped as its evening leading man.

From Slate Jan. 6, 2026

His son Eric Trump was ambling around the clubhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 2, 2026

After ambling to his preferred seat in the aisle of the emergency exit row, the 6-foot-11 Walton would ask the 5-6 Lewin to sit next to him, proceeding to say nothing about himself.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2025

A toothless old man came ambling up to them, pointing, with a rather wicked grin, at an old rowboat bobbing in the iron-gray water below them.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling