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• So it was either push forward in search of gas or turn back home.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• Legend’s producing partner had contacted Chase one night in search of a lawyer and Shaw happened to be in the car with Chase that night.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
• The issue is embroiled in angry debate over what to do with the large number of refugees arriving from areas of conflict, poverty, or environmental blight in search of a new life.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
• López crouched and touched the man’s wrist in search of a pulse.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• That’s where the Israelites wandered for 40 years in search of the Promised Land.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• The Spaniard is in search of his third major, having won the U.S. Open in 2021.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• With revenge on their minds, Davis and crew set out in search of Knight and Shakur.
  — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• The 24-year-old was in search of women who were pretty.
  — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Jan. 2024
• Take a gentle stroll through the forest in search of truffles.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 7 Oct. 2024
• Hill had just scored a 69-yard touchdown and made his way toward the end zone seats in search of his mom.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2023
• The family, like many in the shelter, had come to New York in search of a better life.
  — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
• Rarely will someone just stroll past your house in search of a three-seater sofa with a chaise.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 16 May 2024
• The actor first came to the company in search of a truck for his 17-year-old son Cayden.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2024
• Blade is once again in search of new talent behind the camera.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
• Carol is at the store in search of a gift for her daughter, which Therese helps her order.
  — Annabel Gutterman, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• During this time, throngs of travelers flock to the Riviera Maya in search of sun and fun.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2023
• If that’s followed by a sparse acorn year, squirrels may decide to leave in search of food.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
• The cuckoo bees wait for the host of the nest to leave in search of food before entering and laying their own eggs.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2023
• Kids and adults alike are getting hyped to roam the streets come October 31st in search of candy and a good time.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 4 Oct. 2023
• Good shots are passed up in search of great ones, and no player holds onto the ball for more than a few seconds.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• The sheriff’s office said a tip led them to the residence in search of Lucas.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 23 Mar. 2023
• Gillis and her friends were driving around with little to no cell service in search of their friend’s house.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2023
• One day that year, Steven and his friends went to Linick’s Toys, a local shop, in search of his rookie card.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
• Armed men were sent to foreign lands like soldiers, in search of papyrus scrolls.
  — Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• But that won’t stop Fjeld and his friends from heading back out in search of their next discovery.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
• Yarl then went to three different houses in search of help.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
• As Eden gabs, the pair inch across and climb over rows in search of maximum comfort and no moisture.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
• Meanwhile, Dillard says that all the hours spent on the buses changed his view on those coming to the U.S. in search of a better life.
  — Nicco Quinones, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Prices have gone up by 19% since the start of the pandemic, a hard-to-forget leap that has left voters in search of someone to blame.
  — Annie Linskey, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
• The two of them spend entire days journeying through the jungle in search of giant trees, dead or alive.
  — Ellyn Lapointe, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024