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hoboing

verb

present participle of hobo

as in tramping

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Plant-eating dinos that looked like huge, armored lizards left those footprints while tramping near the coastline of a vast Western Interior Seaway that extended into Colorado.

— Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2026
Imagine The Goonies with a half dozen adults tramping through the caves.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

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Gvardiol looked jittery early on, rallied a little to break up some dangerous Porto attacks, but then started giving the ball away again and was booked for a needless pull after being caught dawdling in possession.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Further, there’s no excuse for Congress to continue dawdling on farm policy.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025

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Around them, people strolling through Herald Square stopped to watch — all while a seated crowd burst into dance and applause.

— Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Photos of him at campus barbecues or strolling the neighborhood proliferate student social media circles.

— Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026

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