expedition
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At least 10 Nepalese climbers who were preparing to lead an expedition in the Himalayas are missing after an avalanche hit a base camp on Sunday morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Maybe this is why I have long treated “Ask a Manager” as both advice column and anthropological expedition behind the cubicle wall, where completely ordinary behaviors can become freighted with professional meaning.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Or with arcane historical trivia, like the magazine capacity of the air rifle Lewis and Clark took on their westward expedition in the early 1800s.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The four new matches raise the number of Franklin expedition sailors identified through DNA to six.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Among the most innovative of these new tools is a small underwater robot also officially named Deep Trekker but given the name “Neptune” in honor of the dog that accompanied the Franklin expedition.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The snails were discovered during expeditions organized by Taxon Expeditions, an initiative that allows members of the public to take part in genuine scientific fieldwork.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Friends and family describe Wolfe as a force of nature, often dressed in camouflage shorts and ready with stories of his travels, fishing expeditions and the objects surrounding him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Ushuaia is already home to a more centrally located naval facility established in 1950, the Admiral Berisso Base, a staging point for Antarctic expeditions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
More expeditions followed, in which the POW agency and its partners conducted intensive underwater surveys to map the wreck and check on access to the ship’s cargo holds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
It was a natural landmark where campers often rendezvoused on hunting expeditions, but now there was nobody around.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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