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Much of this roams pretty far from Orwell’s vision, but that’s not the reason the film fails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

He posted a list on X of what he called “press credentialing FOR DUMMIES: Press no longer roams free Press must wear visible badge Credentialed press no longer permitted to solicit criminal acts.”

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

The previous night’s starting pitcher, in full uniform, roams the grounds selling 50-50 raffle tickets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2024

He gets precious little from the area where O’Riley roams.

From BBC • May 11, 2024

Then Medon, the perceptive man, replied: “A god moved him—who knows?—or his own heart sent him to learn, at Pylos, if his father roams the wide world still, or what befell him.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer