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expedition

[ek-spi-dish-uhn] / ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ ən /




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One researcher tells Ms. Rush how much he’ll miss Antarctica after the expedition.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

For years, it was assumed that "Green Boots" was another member of the expedition, Tsewang Paljor.

From BBC Aug. 8, 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

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

“Hup, hup, hup, hup!” the admiral said, and the expedition was under way.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

National Geographic grants supported some of his field expeditions in Alabama, Georgia, and Texas.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 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

The land wasn’t empty, and Native American tribes fought fiercely to defend it in alliance with the British, leading Washington to dispatch multiple punitive expeditions to subdue them and exert American control.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

There were quieter expeditions ashore, other days, with the Master Herbal who taught the ways and properties of things that grow; and the Master Hand taught sleight and jugglery and the lesser arts of Changing.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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