as in explored
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
soon all manner of people had arrived in the valley to prospect it for gold
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During spring, fields upon fields of California poppies, sky lupine, chocolate lilies, and other blossoms erupt across the mountain’s grasslands, which are best explored via a moderate, four-mile hiking trail.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Feb. 2026 -
American policymakers first explored acquiring Greenland in 1867.—
Carol L. Harris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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The most searched for breakfast casserole in the South is the all-time favorite, the Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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The family searched desperately for their bodies and eventually found them at the Kahrizak Forensic Medical Center south of Tehran.—
Babak Dehghanpisheh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Prospected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prospected. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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