search party
noun
: an organized group of people who are looking for someone or something that is missing
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The film begins with a search party scouring the woods in the Pacific Northwest, looking for missing hikers.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
The poor shark is immediately vilified as the beach is completely shut down and there's a frenzied call to start a search party to find the animal and kill it.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 20 June 2025
This remains a death investigation, private investigator Carl DeFazio, who was part of the search party that looked for Tarrence, tells PEOPLE.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 7 July 2025
No Ju-han—Netflix If the VIPs were Season 1’s sour note, then in Season 2, slow-moving side plots set among the guards and the search party looking for Squid Game Island provided less jarring but more extensive distractions from the main event.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 July 2025
The poor shark is immediately vilified as the beach is completely shut down and there's a frenzied call to start a search party to find the animal and kill it.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 20 June 2025
This remains a death investigation, private investigator Carl DeFazio, who was part of the search party that looked for Tarrence, tells PEOPLE.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 7 July 2025
No Ju-han—Netflix If the VIPs were Season 1’s sour note, then in Season 2, slow-moving side plots set among the guards and the search party looking for Squid Game Island provided less jarring but more extensive distractions from the main event.
—Judy Berman, Time, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for search party
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“Search party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20party. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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