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scavenger

[skav-in-jer] / ˈskæv ɪn dʒər /
NOUN
forager
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NOUN
collector
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The trust added that it had installed scavenger equipment at the maternity unit and that women could have confidence that it is safe to use Entonox.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

With dozens of actors who lead guests through scavenger hunts, puzzles and conversations, Knott’s Berry Farm’s ‘Ghost Town Alive!’ can’t be replicated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The logo challenge was one of several exercises designed to use those skills, alongside a scavenger hunt and a whodunnit fraud exercise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

At one man's request, the agency devised a "Mission Impossible" production for an adventurous young woman: an iPad delivered in the morning launched a scavenger hunt across Paris by sidecar and by boat.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

He swept the area, carefully studying every spot before he dared take another step, his head swiveling up and down, side to side, like some kind of robotic scavenger unit.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

Notably, neither scavengers nor flies that fed on the supposedly poisoned carcasses have perished -- creatures that typically succumb after consuming poisoned animals.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

"They are essential to eco-systems", he says, detailing how as scavengers they remove tonnes of waste on a "phenomenal scale".

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

They are predators and scavengers, similar in some ways to birds of prey, and play an important role in cleaning up carcasses.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

The result is a rare specimen that wasn’t worn down by scavengers or exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026

For the rest of the day she remained in the kitchen, unable to watch the miscellaneous horde of yard sale scavengers pick over her personal possessions.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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