search party
noun
: an organized group of people who are looking for someone or something that is missing
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Barred from the search party and frustrated by her own idleness, Maddie snaps.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 July 2024
Another search party was organized over the weekend to look for Foote.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
The missing hiker arrived at Monadnock State Park Headquarters just as a second search party was heading out to look for him, according to fish and game officials.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
Minutes later, a Metro Fire helicopter and search party were deployed to scan the river looking for the man, who was not wearing a life jacket when he was swept underwater, Wilbourn said.
—Sacramento Bee, 16 June 2024
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 19 July 2024
Another search party was organized over the weekend to look for Foote.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
The missing hiker arrived at Monadnock State Park Headquarters just as a second search party was heading out to look for him, according to fish and game officials.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 July 2024
Minutes later, a Metro Fire helicopter and search party were deployed to scan the river looking for the man, who was not wearing a life jacket when he was swept underwater, Wilbourn said.
—Sacramento Bee, 16 June 2024
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“Search party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20party. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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