quest
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Plus, the quest to make dogs live longer, why your mouth is key to overall health and the battle for drone supremacy on Mount Everest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The millions of devotees who take Johnson’s quest for immortality seriously may have better understood what was going on here.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Adeyemi’s novels, inspired by West African mythology, follow the adventures of Zélie, played by Thuso Mbedu, on her quest to restore magic to the kingdom of Orïsha.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Then comes the quest for a three-peat: the chance to become the first team in National League history to win three consecutive World Series championships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
I kept following him through his quest, gathering resources and killing random creatures that attacked us.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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Bloom Energy has indeed ridden on the coattails of AI excitement and investors’ quests for companies positioned to benefit from powering data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Caleb said he had a habit of going on "strange side quests" but this was "probably the most out there of the lot".
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Earlier this month, we put together a collection of side quests around the desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ravens weren't just following wolves -- they were clocking kill patterns, creating mental maps to support future food quests.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
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But the University of Liverpool academic tells Radio 1 Newsbeat that's "possible but highly improbable", as anyone who's quested for that final, obscure sticker will know.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2022
As for Bimini, it’s the name of a Bahamian island chain and the supposed site of the mythic Fountain of Youth quested after by Ponce de Leon, the early 16th century Spanish explorer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021
A few days ago in a galaxy not so far away, an estimated 65,000 “Star Wars” fans from across the globe quested their way to the biggest convention center in the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2019
Don’t call me evil—or “toxic”—because I’ve never quested after the liquid sublime.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2013
They set off again, the hunters bunched a little by fear of the mentioned beast, while Jack quested ahead.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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There he encountered climbers questing to conquer the Seven Summits—the highest mountain peaks on each continent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
A long-time proponent of independence for his Flemish-speaking region, he would be loath to relinquish the post of prime minister after years of questing for the top job.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
The more elaborate the setup, the more active the crabs become, climbing, crawling, and exploring with their endlessly questing antennae.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
The trailer showed off a top-down real-time strategy game with elements of resource management and questing.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
We had come down the short flight of stairs, and she opened another door, standing aside for me to pass through, her dark eyes questing my face.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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Freak the Mighty
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