searched for

Example Sentences

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In subsequent years, Baron searched for small companies he could hold for a decade or longer, and for executives he could bet on, such as Jay Pritzker, Hyatt Hotels’s co-founder.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Brothers to the Rescue, a Cuban exile group that searched for rafts carrying migrants from Cuba to the US, had previously dropped anti-Castro leaflets near the Cuban coast.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"The Godfather is a page turner," Trigiani wrote, "but when I searched for the matriarch, she was sorely missing."

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

For years, scientists have searched for ways to move beyond prosthetic limbs and toward treatments capable of restoring natural movement, sensation, and function.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Soaring over the Juggernaut, they searched for any sign of the robot.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown