Example Sentences

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There will be searching questions about how such an audacious crime could have gone unnoticed and unchecked for more than a decade, and vindication for the detectives who decided they needed that tent.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

In addition to those sites, he said divers and other investigators will be searching Friday at the Androscoggin River, near where suspect Robert Card’s car was found.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Meanwhile, WSU’s frontcourt will be searching for answers.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2023

There is no obvious successor, but the next leader will be searching for a strategy to deliver the party’s goal of independence where Sturgeon failed.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

I said, “Put more wood on the fire, it is Christmas. No one will be searching these mountains until May Day.”

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George