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safari

[suh-fahr-ee] / səˈfɑr i /
NOUN
hunting expedition
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Prosecutors say they received the funds through US bank accounts, kept a portion for themselves and transferred the remainder to alleged co-conspirators in Kenya linked to a purported safari company.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

One of them, Steve Edwards, a local safari camp manager, found new, productive sites on the shore of Lake Kariba, the artificial lake which forms most of the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

For Dani, it's to go on an African safari.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Uber’s new Kenyan safari business is stumbling as local guides push back against the idea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

This weekend his white beard is cropped close to his face, and he is wearing a linen safari suit.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

Non-African tourists booking safaris through Uber or regular tour operators pay an additional $80 entry fee to the park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

This generation, who as young adults hitchhiked across the country and backpacked through Europe, now is going on safaris and hiking in the Serengeti on guided tours that offer “easy” as well as “challenging” options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Rarely if ever do these minimum wage safaris net lasting structural change at the companies featured on the show.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

The Bosnian officer apparently revealed that his Bosnian colleagues found out about the so-called safaris in late 1993 and then passed on the information to Italy's Sismi military intelligence in early 1994.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

I got the roasting heat and the crocodiles and the snakes and the long safaris up-country, selling Shell oil to the men who ran the diamond mines and the sisal plantations.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

Particularly proud of his medical knowledge is Courier Wagner, who has safaried with many a big game expedition through Africa without a single case of malaria or sleeping sickness.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Kampala, Uganda, where the dollar used to bring 10 shillings on the black market, safariing Americans were lucky to get five.

From Time Magazine Archive


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