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01. The [search] for the missing boat had to be called off temporarily due to a severe storm.
02. Anne is constantly [searching] for meaning in her life. Maybe she should just look around her instead of getting so wrapped up in herself.
03. Many men came north from California in the [search] for gold in the 1800s.
04. The police [searched] everyone for drugs before allowing them into the concert.
05. Rescuers are still [searching] the waters off Newfoundland for survivors of yesterday's sinking of a Peruvian cargo ship.
06. Why did they want to [search] all my baggage at the airport? Do I look dishonest or what?
07. I [searched] all over the house, and I can't find my other sock.
08. Robert Half once observed that the [search] for someone to blame is always successful.
09. There is a Sanskrit proverb which states that those who do not know their own faults [search] for faults in others.
10. I couldn't remember where I'd saved my document but I found it by using the [search] function.
11. [Searchers] have failed to find the little girl who disappeared from a local park.
12. We [searched] all over town before finding the apartment we wanted.
13. We [searched] all over for our cat, but couldn't find it anywhere.
14. Dominant male buffalo roam singly throughout their herd, [searching] for mating opportunities, and challenging each other.
15. Both male and female elephants can push down full-grown trees in the [search] for food.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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