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[sur-ching] / ˈsɜr tʃɪŋ /


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Kelly Hubbell, the founder and CEO of house-manager placement company Sage Haus, said her company has gathered a database of over 25,000 workers searching for this kind of gig.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Peter Hughes, from Maesteg, said the padlock was one of hundreds of artefacts he found after decades of searching on Morfa beach.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Her friends from the study-abroad program “went from hospital to hospital searching for her until they finally found her and notified Leah’s parents,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Because liquid water is essential to life as we know it, such worlds are especially interesting to astronomers searching for life beyond Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

My first stop, though, was to drop by Jeb’s place to see if he wanted to go searching for Wonders again.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney


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