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strayed

  • past participle
    of stray.
    stray
    verb (used without object)
    to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose.
  • past tense form
    of stray.
    stray
    verb (used without object)
    to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose.

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Medina left the Chávez-Huerta led union, believing it had strayed from its core work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I strayed on my wife, and it’s devastating to her and not a very pretty picture. What it isn’t is a crime,” he said at the time.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

They and Mr. Kuhn have musical-theater backgrounds and occasionally strayed too far into its croons and swoops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Britain's Fin Tarling, 19, died during the Volta a Portugal on Friday following a high-speed collision with a van which had strayed on to the closed road.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

My first thought was that he must’ve been taking a midnight jog down the beach and strayed inside the camp borders.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan