Example Sentences

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For thousands of years, bison roamed the Great Plains of North America and were an essential resource for Indigenous hunters.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Many are caught on the beach-facing side, meaning they’d already roamed around on the inside of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

When the market bounced back in 2023, they roamed the globe.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

As attendees roamed the corridors of the suburban Dallas resort and gossiped over drinks in the faux-adobe sports bar, there was no sense of a coming contest.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

When dinosaurs roamed the Earth, Denver was part of an ocean bottom, many thousands of feet lower.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson