expedition
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Washington must have enjoyed the bullets’ song somewhat less a year later when he joined Gen. Edward Braddock’s expedition to take Fort Duquesne, also in the Ohio Country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Nepali tourism officials said the final number will be tallied after the climbs are verified, which require photographs and statements from the climber's expedition company and guides.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
“Joshua trees are so resilient — they’ve been around for millions of years,” said Anne Polyakov of the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks, who led the expedition.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
During the expedition, led by the Western Australian Museum aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel R/V Falkor, researchers collected more than 1,000 samples from depths reaching 4510 meters.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
The other main goal of the 2017 expedition was to see if any other metal fragments that may have been part of the Antikythera Mechanism could be found.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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