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[surch] / sɜrtʃ /




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The European Commission imposed a €460m penalty after finding Google favoured its own services for helping people book flights and hotels over competitors in search results.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

"The best products should succeed because they're better, not because they're owned by the company running the search engine," EU competition chief Teresa Ribera said in a statement.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

They aborted the search after finding too little room to move safely, and left a board propped over the hole.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

A month after the earthquakes, search efforts continue for victims whose remains might be buried underneath rubble, but operations have evolved to focus on post-earthquake humanitarian aid and rebuilding.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

I search the drawers and find what I need.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Reddit, Politico and others are weighing how—or even if—they can work with the tech company as AI tools supplant traditional searches.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Authorities and volunteers have conducted multiple searches for Julie Goforth, 63, who was last seen early Friday riding her dirt bike in the sprawling El Mirage Dry Lake Off Highway Recreation Area near Adelanto.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "Emergency services are at the scene, and water searches are being carried out."

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

“People who use AI and market themselves as using AI in their job searches are more likely to get job offers.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

By the front doors are metal detectors manned by large grumpy people who perform random bag searches.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

Coast Guard and other agencies searched 950 square miles for a total of 54 hours, the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

Later that day, they said, guards searched each cell one by one, seizing almost all personal items.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Hassan had deposited £150,000 in cash into his own bank account between 2022 and 2025, and detectives who searched his home found £22,500 in heat-sealed bags.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

For decades, astronomers have searched for the universe's earliest quasars because they preserve valuable information about how the first galaxies and supermassive black holes came into existence.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Many archeologists have searched for his tomb, but so far it has not been found.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Researchers worldwide are searching for ways to stay ahead of these rapidly changing microbes.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

They cannot afford to waste energy searching dried-up flowers for nectar and pollen that is no longer there.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The wealthiest country on the continent, South Africa has long been a destination for documented and undocumented African workers searching for work they cannot find at home.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Michael Farris, a father in Charlotte, N.C., spent the last week of June searching for an official U.S. jersey for his son’s birthday, checking Nike’s website, Academy Sports and two Dick’s Sporting Goods locations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

“I confess that I too am searching for something.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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