adventures

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Among their adventures was the rescue of little Patty Graham, child of a rich broker who was camping in the woods, from the half-breed LeBlanc.

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  1. noun An undertaking or enterprise of a hazardous nature.
  2. noun An undertaking of a questionable nature, especially one involving intervention in another state's affairs.
  3. noun An unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining.
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  • We told her our adventures, and she was very cheerful and said that Mrs. Bradley was a dear, and had promised to come to her wedding. —  The Rising of the Moon - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 18: 1945
  • He and the others had learned the Mayan tongue on one of their earliest adventures, a wild affair which had taken them into a remote Central American mountain valley inhabited by strange descendants of ancient Maya. —  129 - The Secret of the Su
  • Finley related his adventures, and painted the delights of Kain-tuck-kee —for such was its Indian name. —  The First White Man of the West
  • Certainly Bonaparte's good fortune was conspicuous all through these eastern adventures, and never more so than when he escaped the pursuit of Nelson. —  The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
  • Deftly woven into the young Irish immigrant woman's adventures are historical figures and vignettes of daily life that make the Molly Murphy books rich tapestries to be savored rather than devoured. —  AHMM, September 2006
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