Word: wayward
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Although the march attracted attention, there were no major mishaps and traffic was not disrupted. Approximately 20 Cambridge police officers on foot, bicycles and motorcycles kept the march from spilling into the road by standing at the edge and saying "Keep on the sidewalk" to wayward marchers...
...Carter's wayward pickoff throw was his third error of the game. He committed the first two while playing third base...
Still, there is reason to be cautiously optimistic. Chronic myeloid leukemia occurs as the result of a single genetic accident. By blocking the wayward protein that is formed as a result, Glivec tricks the leukemic cells into, in essence, committing suicide. (Normal white blood cells soon take their place.) So far, 51 of 53 patients who received the highest dose of the drug in one of the studies have gone into remission. In seven of those cases doctors can no longer detect any cancer-causing genetic abnormalities...
...wrong: I certainly don't doubt the severity of an allergic reaction to a wayward nut. I do, however, have to question why, although I never saw a single kid have a reaction to my thousands and thousands of supposedly deadly sandwiches, some kids are now denied the simple and nutritionally important ritual that is a peanut butter sandwich. Isn't there a more reasonable way to approach peanut allergies? Just wondering...
...Hampshire conservation officer descended from a helicopter, loaner snowshoes in hand, to rescue the wayward hikers...