scavenger hunt
noun
: a game in which players try to acquire without buying specified items within a time limit
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Season two of Hidden Herald will kick off with a scavenger hunt from this weekend, July 11-13.
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Family friendly resort offerings include a kids club for ages four to 12 with scavenger hunts, games, baking, crafts, face painting, movies, and rockstar night.
—Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Pick a day or two a week, leave the phones indoors, invite some neighborhood kids to join, and engage in outdoor activities like a short hike, a scavenger hunt, or a walking tour of a new neighborhood.
—Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, Parents, 3 July 2025
Hollow Earth Fest Enjoy wacky games, historical discussions with the Butler Co. Historic Society and Historic Hamilton, a geocaching scavenger hunt, live music, food trucks and kids’ zone.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Kathryn Kovalenko, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
Family friendly resort offerings include a kids club for ages four to 12 with scavenger hunts, games, baking, crafts, face painting, movies, and rockstar night.
—Miriam Porter, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Pick a day or two a week, leave the phones indoors, invite some neighborhood kids to join, and engage in outdoor activities like a short hike, a scavenger hunt, or a walking tour of a new neighborhood.
—Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs, Parents, 3 July 2025
Hollow Earth Fest Enjoy wacky games, historical discussions with the Butler Co. Historic Society and Historic Hamilton, a geocaching scavenger hunt, live music, food trucks and kids’ zone.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Scavenger hunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scavenger%20hunt. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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