expedition
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The remains of sailors who died on an ill-fated Arctic expedition have been identified by researchers using DNA testing.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
The animal was first spotted during a 2015 deep-sea expedition aboard the exploration vessel E/V Nautilus.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Washington must have enjoyed the bullets’ song somewhat less a year later when he joined Gen. Edward Braddock’s expedition to take Fort Duquesne, also in the Ohio Country.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, first stood on the top of Mount Everest in 1994 while working for a commercial expedition.
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
Like a fairy godmother waving a magical wand, she tapped open cabinet doors and pulled out extra fluffy pillows so that we might rest comfortably on the sofas and recover from our arduous expedition.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing expedition
The Diary of Anne Frank
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