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explorer

[ik-splawr-er] / ɪkˈsplɔr ər /


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A solo explorer can only fight his circumstances, not his co-pilot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"Most people have this image of an intrepid explorer braving an isolated mountain or some other remote place, and stumbling across a creature that no one has ever seen before," Chan said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

The ambitious gothic Netflix film featured an Arctic explorer ship frozen on the ice, and Frankenstein's horror lab on top of a Victorian water tower.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The local school, located on a street named after a famed Russian explorer, has three dozen children learning the Russian curriculum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Last summer, Winnie had decided she wanted to be an explorer and set off into the French Quarter on her own—until Gran had tracked her down at Cordova's Confectionary Cornucopia on Royal Street.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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