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was ambling
  • past progressive of amble.

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His son Eric Trump was ambling around the clubhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

He said it was "ambling down the road without a care in the world".

From BBC • May 30, 2023

The 15-year-old Mariners fan was ambling along the T-Mobile Park concourse with friends and family last week when I spotted him in a Julio Rodriguez jersey.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022

I was ambling along the back roads that crisscross the Mason-Dixon line the other day and chanced on an alluring mom-and-pop garden center on the Pennsylvania side.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2016

Z was ambling along, poking a stick at various stones.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech