scavenger hunt

Example Sentences

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A “death file” should contain essential documents such as birth and marriage certificates, divorce decrees, life insurance policies, and a list of financial accounts to prevent a scavenger hunt for information.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

For families, the museum provides a special guide and activities that include a scavenger hunt, try-on clothing and a selfie station.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

In the hour before Pippi’s party, children scoured the room on a scavenger hunt to find nine Pippis, donning disguises from a Dodgers jersey to a 1920s flapper dress.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2025

The consequence was an opinion that refused to allow justice to be a scavenger hunt and courts to function as paper-collecting machines.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2025

But she didn’t know how Mr. Griswold’s scavenger hunt was supposed to work—did this man know about it and he had a clue waiting for them?

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman