search party

noun

: an organized group of people who are looking for someone or something that is missing

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The next day the locals put together a big search party—and made a lot of attempts to shoot this bear down. —

Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024 The search party has stumbled upon two marble statues—the amplituhedron and now surfaceology. —

Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024 Family members and friends flew to Los Angeles to form a search party, with volunteers joining the effort as the case garnered national attention. —

Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024 The family’s search party found the body of Amy Porter, 43, in a desert area near the side of Interstate 10 in Yucaipa, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department reported. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for search party