Example Sentences

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People go out into the wilderness, camp, and try to find as much gold as they can in places where nobody else has prospected.

From National Geographic • Sep. 2, 2015

Shell has prospected for oil in Alaska’s Arctic since the late 1980s but began its most recent push in 2005, as technology and melting ice caps have made the region more accessible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2015

He has had over 20 years experience as a mine operator; has prospected and visited mining properties from Hudson Bay to lower California, now is president of three mining companies and connected with many another.

From Time Magazine Archive

And, of course, a good salesman of himself does not go to work in the first place until he has prospected the squareness and fair-mindedness of the employer.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.