fishing expedition
Example Sentences
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To appreciate fully the outrageousness of this fishing expedition, remember the original setting for the Smith probe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
That is the short story of how plane ticketing became a fishing expedition and basic economy the bait.
From Slate • Oct. 9, 2025
Saturday’s fishing expedition occurred about a week after Duarte contacted police because she had begun noticing that the number of koi in her pond seemed to be dwindling.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025
An Arizona angler, Stuart Black, reached out and invited Lackmann to a fishing expedition at Apache Lake, where the fish collected would be donated to science.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023
He had not seen Ramon since the day recently when he had suggested a fishing expedition and been told that Ramon was not well.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
