Adjective : a roving editor. ,a roving ambassador. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to rove the woods. From Dictionary.com.
The unteased roving is on the left, the teased is on the right. From Wordnik.com. [February 2006] Reference
Olly's Onions: Obama in roving eye furore skip to main | skip to sidebar. From Wordnik.com. [Obama in roving eye furore] Reference
His day was spent in roving through the bazar, exclaiming with a loud voice the above word. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia] Reference
With his glance roving from the quiet man to the quiet dog, he made a few tentative flutters toward the plate of cake. From Wordnik.com. [The Miller of Old Church] Reference
But though by concealment he may preserve the unruffled surface of their happiness, yet the longing to be roving is not completely extinguished. From Wordnik.com. [Married Love: or, Love in Marriage] Reference
For years, law enforcement used so-called roving wiretaps to investigate organized crime. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2004] Reference
One tool that has been especially important to law enforcement is called a roving wiretap. From Wordnik.com. [The Bush lynch mob against the nation's free press] Reference
One of the most controversial sections of the Patriot Act involves what's known as roving wiretaps. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2005] Reference
ARENA: The act allows for so-called roving wiretaps so investigators can tap each phone a person uses under one warrant. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2003] Reference
I hold what might be called a roving commission -- an office created solely for the purpose of suiting my special needs. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon of Skulls]
Some colonies borrowed from the English the idea of roving courts—courts of oyer and terminer and general gaol delivery. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Law] Reference
"Jean-Jacques used to rise," he tells us, "with the sun, and spend the whole day in roving through the woods and meadows in search of herbs. From Wordnik.com. [Juniper Hall: A Rendezvous of Certain Illustrious Personages during the French Revolution, Including Alexandre D'Arblay and Fanny Burney] Reference
So-called roving wiretaps that allow taps of multiple phones a suspect may use are being added as important weapons in our war against terror. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2001] Reference
I was very glad to get home to my family, but always loath to leave this special space that British fantasy author Graham Joyce so wisely termed a roving Brigadoon. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
Obama in roving eye furore. From Wordnik.com. [Brown's new government relaunch strategy] Reference
Karl Rove needs to stop "roving" around in other people's business. From Wordnik.com. [Rove: McCain's too private] Reference
Alternatively the SEA may be called upon to cover numerous field offices on a "roving" basis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 30] Reference
It is a kind of roving commission without any definite aim in view beyond the collection of general intelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
In the next few years, Heisenberg functioned as a kind of roving ambassador for German science and visited several of these cultural institutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Nazis and the Atom Bomb: An Exchange] Reference
"We've been able to put a lot of money into personnel such as roving instructors and coaches, and have been able to try things a lot of other teams can't do, as a result.". From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Minor League Organization of the Year: Houston] Reference
Olson's uses 'roving' rather than 'mobile', but the concept is identical. From Wordnik.com. [SCSUScholars] Reference
They lead the same kind of roving adventurous life, only changing the lance for. From Wordnik.com. [Drawing-Room Tales. The Stout Gentleman; The Deserter; and The Broken Heart] Reference
Their behavior is limited to reflexive behaviors, such as roving eye movements, swallowing or yawning. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
NASA has changed the status of Spirit from a "roving" scientific explorer to a "stationary" science platform. From Wordnik.com. [iTWire - Latest Headlines] Reference
Wycelf, for one, doesn't have that requirement, but he is hoping his work as a "roving" ambassador under president Rene. From Wordnik.com. [Prefix] Reference
Parrish Ellis and I met down there back in the day, and I think I always saw bands as kind of roving gangs of gypsy pirates. From Wordnik.com. [timesunion.com: Siena Women's Basketball] Reference
We have nearly 30 teachers who are roving, meaning they have to push a cart around school to find available space to hold class. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The stock, now become "roving," is ready for the final drawing out and twist imparted by the spinning frames proper, or by the "mules.". From Wordnik.com. [From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina] Reference
A kind of roving embassy to the various little German Courts in search of the ideal bride. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)] Reference
But does it bother the company to have law-enforcement officers roving its Web site?. From Wordnik.com. [I Need a Hit Man. Now.] Reference
The Pentagon did have a plan to handle psych injuries in Iraq: roving Combat Stress Control teams. From Wordnik.com. [War Stories: Wartime Stress] Reference
Now enjoying favored-nation status at the Times as a roving food journalist, Apple opened his little black books to write this one. From Wordnik.com. [APPETITE FOR AMERICA] Reference
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