scavenger hunt

Example Sentences

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Finding the best pint in a given city has become a digital scavenger hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

At one man's request, the agency devised a "Mission Impossible" production for an adventurous young woman: an iPad delivered in the morning launched a scavenger hunt across Paris by sidecar and by boat.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

The young adult rom-com follows Avery Blackwell, a rising college freshman who postpones her plans to attend Columbia after a note from her late mother sends her on a scavenger hunt in England.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 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

The first game in Mr. Lemoncello’s library had been more like a scavenger hunt, something Kyle was good at.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein