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as in nomads
a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination
ever since he developed a strong case of wanderlust in college, he's been a rover
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as in pirates
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea
a story of the days when sea rovers plied the Caribbean
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Recent Examples of rovers
What to read next Your goal is to repair and restore crucial systems by coordinating a team of up to six players, equipped with rovers, robots, and authentic equipment that an actual research team would have access to during a lunar expedition.
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Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The orbiter is still operating around Mars today, returning scientific data and serving as a communications relay for NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
Post-Apollo, images of space travel were characterized by launching space shuttles, Erector Set-like space stations and Mars rovers crossing a dusty landscape.
—Jennifer Levasseur, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2026
Then an instrument on the lander will beam lasers outward to the rovers to compare their distances with microscopic precision.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
The China National Space Administration, in contrast, has spent the past few years landing rovers on the far side of the moon and retrieving moon rocks for study.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The goal is a moon base with landers, rovers, drones and habitats.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Robotic spacecraft, including rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity, and a fleet of Mars orbiters have spent years scouring the surface of the red planet for a variety of purposes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
These will include rovers, instruments, and power systems designed to support future human operations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Alan Bradley, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The orbiter is still operating around Mars today, returning scientific data and serving as a communications relay for NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
Post-Apollo, images of space travel were characterized by launching space shuttles, Erector Set-like space stations and Mars rovers crossing a dusty landscape.
—Jennifer Levasseur, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2026
Then an instrument on the lander will beam lasers outward to the rovers to compare their distances with microscopic precision.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026
The China National Space Administration, in contrast, has spent the past few years landing rovers on the far side of the moon and retrieving moon rocks for study.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The goal is a moon base with landers, rovers, drones and habitats.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Robotic spacecraft, including rovers like Perseverance and Curiosity, and a fleet of Mars orbiters have spent years scouring the surface of the red planet for a variety of purposes.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
These will include rovers, instruments, and power systems designed to support future human operations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rovers
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Under the Zagros Mountains outside Shiraz, a family of Iranian nomads and their reticent sons investigate the disappearance of twelve sheep while navigating their flock through the modern city of poets in this dreamy documentary.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly erratic precipitation since the 1980s has forced many nomads to come in from the desert.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Puntland official said nine pirates boarded and took control of the vessel.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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States that refused to negotiate or did not meet the obligations of the agreements are often branded as pirates and accused of supporting counterfeiting and theft.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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On stage, Josh and Melissa, our wanderers from the land of reality, are subsumed into an actual musical rather than a vaguely Truman Show-style refraction.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Voice like a warm porchlight left on for wanderers who kissed goodbye too soon or stayed too long.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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To participate, travelers must be 21 or older, the legal age to purchase alcohol in the United States.—
Hali Smith,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Apr. 2026
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Travel experts suggest travelers should perform a cost-benefit analysis to see if the price of lounge access is worth the perks.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Detectives learned Lugo was the leader of a group made up of drifters and petty thieves who hung out at the Sun Gym.—
Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The men and women under his employ were a rag-tag gang of dreamers and drifters, brought together by a love for adventure, a disdain for the society that had thrown their friends away in Vietnam, and a desire to spread the gospel of ganja.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Rovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rovers. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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