Example Sentences

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In this analogy, those fortune-hunting newcomers are the people who have taken to trading options on GameStop and other stocks in recent months.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021

But Couture and Zito’s fortune-hunting brutes theorize that rumors of a “White Witch” may be just a smokescreen, meant to obscure an ancient fortune.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2018

The entire summer's games lineup feels unusually robust, from Splatoon 2's eSports-angled, ink-splashed madness or Uncharted: The Lost Legacy's fortune-hunting antics, to Pyre's curious action-roleplaying inversions and Tacoma's evocative exploration-driven enticements.

From Time • Jun. 23, 2017

Don’t Starve developer Klei Entertainment returns with a cartoon-style role-playing adventure in which players form parties of outlandish heroes to engage in fortune-hunting and turn-based combat.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2017

"She is going to marry some fortune-hunting scamp," thought Miss Payne.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.