searched out

Example Sentences

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When The Daily Graphic, a newspaper owned by The Daily Mirror in London, set up operations in Ghana in 1950, it searched out local photojournalists.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

“When the planes finally got back, I searched out Nathan and there was an older pilot with him,” she said.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2021

She searched out more cities where she could perform, but Nashville became the place where she had the largest success.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2018

For nearly two years, she’s searched out buildings to photograph — mansions and housing projects, churches and banks designed by the African American architecture genius whose work is growing in importance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2018

He drew up briefs, served summonses, examined deeds and records, and searched out precedents.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith