expedition
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There is no evidence that Tunick was involved in criminal activity in connection with the Defend the Atlanta Forest movement, they said, and the demand to unlock his phone was an illegal "fishing expedition."
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The second encounter occurred during a 2024 expedition to the Tonga Trench aboard the R/V Dagon as part of the Inkfish Open Ocean Expedition, led by scientists from the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Center.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Catalan conquistador led the first mainland expedition of Europeans up and down what’s now California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Dr Emily Broadwell embarked on a three-month expedition to Signy Island in Antarctica to study the growth of rare snow and glacier algae for her PhD at the University of Bristol.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
But when the expedition looked around, they couldn’t see anyone.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Rather than relying exclusively on archival institutional repositories, the studio executed specialized field expeditions to a variety of distinct global environments to gather raw primary telemetry like detailed images, LiDAR scans, weather data and sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
He said he was contacted last year by Timothy Heng, a Singaporean who organised adventure expeditions, to guide a group of hikers up Dukono and other mountains in the region.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
The company’s bread-and-butter river cruises remain as popular as ever, but Viking is also expanding into ocean travels and expeditions to more far-flung locales.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
As a young postdoctoral scientist, he joined pioneering expeditions and descended more than a mile below the ocean surface in the submersible Alvin, where he observed thriving ecosystems in total darkness.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026
Siddhartha asked at the beginning of one of these expeditions.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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