as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree
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The Navy searched the area extensively, but after two weeks, Earhart and Noonan were declared lost at sea.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025 -
Officers began searching the area and located a man inside a vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds in the 8200 block of Holmes Road.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Hunt (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunt%20%28through%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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