search party

noun

: an organized group of people who are looking for someone or something that is missing

Examples of search party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Morin was found dead the next day when a volunteer who joined a search party discovered her along the trail. Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024 The department put out a missing person alert, and a search party was organized. Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024 In 1877, a search party of U.S. Army men were sent into the Mule Mountains and were surprised to find signs of mineralization. Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024 Despite assistance from the U.S. Air Force, the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, Silver Valley Search and Rescue, and the Silver Mountain Ski Patrol, the search party could not find the third man. NBC News, 13 Jan. 2024 That was among the complaints in Milwaukee in 2020 when residents put together a civilian search party to find two Black teenage girls, who had been missing for three days, USA Today reported. Char Adams, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023 By now the birthday party had turned into a search party. Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 22 July 2023 The search party included two helicopters, per the National Park Service. Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023 The mother of five was found dead the next day when a volunteer who joined a search party discovered her along the trail. Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023

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“Search party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20party. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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