Example Sentences

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Wireless carriers and cable operators have strayed into each others’ territory in recent years, waging what analysts call “the battle for convergence.”

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Some local and state law-enforcement leaders who have seen the agency’s tactics up close are voicing concerns that agents have strayed from the administration’s stated focus on public-safety threats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

The AAUP’s own history illustrates how far interpretations of institutional neutrality have strayed from the phrase’s origins.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

That means the whales have strayed from protected areas of ocean in search of food, leaving them vulnerable to ship strikes and entanglements.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2023

She shouldn’t have entered the tomb, she shouldn’t have strayed into the sacred places of the dead when she was so stained and tainted by her crimes.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas