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It’s a sprawling document—you have to get through 173 nonbinding perambulatory paragraphs before you even get to the regulation itself.

From Slate • May 8, 2017

“I always wish I were one of those perambulatory writers like Wallace Stevens.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2017

Don Carlos had so done; he was in Spain, it was true, but where he was at the moment the Cura was unable to say; his court was perambulatory.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus

Before the recent rapid growth of the town consequent upon the establishment of various manufacturing industries attracted thither by the unique railroad facilities, the Rector's walk was something in the nature of public perambulatory reception.

From To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today by Connor, Ralph

Carlotta, then, had followed her about like a perambulatory doll, upon which she had fitted all the finery she could lay her hands on.

From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John