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expedition

[ek-spi-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ ən /




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The country also has three icebreakers and a support vessel currently on a monthslong scientific expedition north of Greenland.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Griffin in turn filed a defamation suit, claiming the woman’s account was wholly false and lambasting the New York Times’ reporting as a “fishing expedition aimed at smearing” her.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The avalanche struck on July 30, cutting off contact with the 10-member international expedition led by 43-year-old British-Nepali climber Purja on Broad Peak, one of the world's highest mountains.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

The expedition also revealed a major problem with searching for giant trees from the ground.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Among the most innovative of these new tools is a small underwater robot also officially named Deep Trekker but given the name “Neptune” in honor of the dog that accompanied the Franklin expedition.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

A recent study of "swim with wildlife" expeditions, external found influencers and photographers were the most likely to ignore safety instructions.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

The few times he appeared outside those safe spaces came off as safari expeditions in a mysterious city the 42-year-old lifelong Angeleno obviously didn’t know.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Hattermann himself has spent hundreds of days living and working on Antarctic ice shelves during research expeditions.

From Science Daily May 10, 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

Additionally, the government decreed that no more than four expeditions would be allowed on the Nepalese flanks each season.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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