expedition
Example Sentences
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With a per capita gross domestic product of around $1,500, the country is dependent on remittances and tourism, particularly expeditions to Mount Everest and other Himalayan peaks, as key sources of earnings.
Climbers and mountaineers have always had to make difficult decisions during expeditions about how to stay safe, which routes to take and whether to turn back.
From BBC
Kane’s influential family supported their adventurous son financially as he put together a second expedition to the Arctic.
From Literature
In keeping with my longstanding policy of avoiding actions that might put me between the jaws of a crocodile, the expedition is not exactly the kind that might entice me to find my wading boots.
Marine amphibian fossils were first uncovered in Australia during expeditions in the 1960s and 1970s.
From Science Daily
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