explorer
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But keeping the aging explorer operational has become an increasingly difficult challenge as its power supply slowly fades.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
I figured he would name a storied explorer, a vaunted military general, an acclaimed international leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
In the 1770s, Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition of settlers into what would later become California, bringing donkeys and horses with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Daily Telegraph leads with pleas from the family of retired explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes who "have demanded an urgent investigation into his care arrangements".
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
I got my wish to be an explorer.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Dr Konyak points to explorers, colonial officials, missionaries and photographers drawn to tattooed faces, ornaments, weapons and headhunting, while the lives behind them often receded from view.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
By the end of the 16th century, travel accounts by English explorers inspired efforts to colonize the Carolina coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Humans are natural explorers, and with them come their voices, their memories … and their microbes," said Prabal Saxena, a planetary scientist who led the study from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Not a very imaginative lot, those Spanish explorers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Marine explorers know that “scuba” is an acronym for Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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