explorer
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In the 1770s, Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition of settlers into what would later become California, bringing donkeys and horses with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Lynas Rare Earths has agreed to buy Meteoric Resources in an all-share deal that values the Australia-listed explorer at around $672 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Telegraph leads again on the pleas from the family of retired explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Department of Agriculture plant explorer Frank Meyer collected dozens of soybean varieties in China, many of which government researchers Charles Piper and William Morse planted at the department’s Arlington Experimental Farm in Virginia.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
They weren’t sure exactly what they were looking for, but Bruno kept stating that a good explorer would know it when he found it.
From "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" by John Boyne
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The missions will search for underground caves that could shelter astronauts, investigate hidden deposits of lunar ice, and monitor environmental hazards that could threaten future explorers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Not a very imaginative lot, those Spanish explorers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
McGrath is part of a growing community of online urban explorers and has been back to the tunnels to photograph them and remember his grandad.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But Jones doesn’t mind the urban explorers if they don’t trash the place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Grace wanted intrepid explorers who mined for gold—because they were about to strike it rich.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
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