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expedition

[ek-spi-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ ən /




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The country also has three icebreakers and a support vessel currently on a monthslong scientific expedition north of Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The avalanche struck on July 30, cutting off contact with the 10-member international expedition led by 43-year-old British-Nepali climber Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world's highest mountains.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Griffin in turn filed a defamation suit, claiming the woman’s account was wholly false and lambasting the New York Times’ reporting as a “fishing expedition aimed at smearing” her.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The expedition also revealed a major problem with searching for giant trees from the ground.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

A grim-faced guard marched beside me, her scowl forbidding me to take pleasure in the expedition.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

National Geographic grants supported some of his field expeditions in Alabama, Georgia, and Texas.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

Dr Mark Evans, the collections manager at BAS, recently spotted the fossil amongst thousands of specimens brought back from expeditions to Antarctica over the decades.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

The few times he appeared outside those safe spaces came off as safari expeditions in a mysterious city the 42-year-old lifelong Angeleno obviously didn’t know.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

The company’s bread-and-butter river cruises remain as popular as ever, but Viking is also expanding into ocean travels and expeditions to more far-flung locales.

From Barron's Apr. 15, 2026

There were quieter expeditions ashore, other days, with the Master Herbal who taught the ways and properties of things that grow; and the Master Hand taught sleight and jugglery and the lesser arts of Changing.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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