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[surch] / sɜrtʃ /




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The search for the source of the medbed conspiracy took me into the world of scammers and crystals and alien invasions and broken families and sci-fi movie sets and the Arizona desert.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

Ethan Allen Interiors has launched a search for a new chief executive to succeed Farooq Kathwari at the helm of the furniture maker.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Authorities focused their search in the forest in the area Sunday, where rugged terrain hindered their efforts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

The laboratory sits beneath 1.4 kilometers of radiation-dampening rock, which blocks much of the background interference that would otherwise complicate the search.

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

“The matchmaker will search for someone in San Francisco or up north while I’m away. I’ll also be looking for matches while I’m in China. You’ll get married as soon as we find someone suitable.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

“People are realizing Muse isn’t a chatbot,” and therefore the market is starting to understand that agentic workloads are different from those for AI-driven searches and conversations, O’Regan said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

The additional data could also allow researchers to apply more sophisticated quantum information techniques to particle physics, potentially increasing the sensitivity of future searches for previously unknown phenomena.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

Its Instagram account gained 100,000 new followers over the summer and Google searches for the party grew 90% in the space of a week, shortly after the parties on the ballot were announced.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Among the items found in searches of Cerimedo-linked properties, authorities say, was a business card listing him as Paz’s “chief adviser” — a nonexistent post.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

If the primary diver does not find him, he goes out another three feet and searches that field.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Authorities warned residents in the area to stay inside and lock their doors as they searched for Spencer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

More than a million job seekers have searched for data-center roles on the hiring website Indeed this year; in August, searches were up eightfold from early 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 19, 2026

We obtained co-ordinates from an intelligence source for multiple locations US authorities suspected he could have been held at, and searched for him for more than a month, but found no sign of him.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

When officers searched the property for evidence, they found Roebuck’s Ruger in the backyard.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

I searched for the sweater, but it was hard to see with the way everyone was organized.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

But wary of becoming the “Asian remake guy,” he started searching for other material.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 20, 2026

He had been searching for a tangible way to help the environment and allay his anxieties about the planet’s future when he came across Crouch’s posts.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

Wagner typically checks these results by searching for small, fuzzy halos around bright points only a pixel wide.

From Science Daily Sep. 18, 2026

On opposite sides of a disappearance that began more than a decade ago, both families are searching for the same thing: a loved one who vanished, and an answer to where he went.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

I sat in the mine, swirling mud around in a pan, searching for gold.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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