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• n  a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
• n  an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
  an expedition was sent to explore Mars
• n  a journey organized for a particular purpose
• n  a journey taken for pleasure
• n  the property of being prompt and efficient

• With help from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Woodring and several colleagues in ocean conservation are launching a two-ship expedition to the plastic vortex to explore .
• Over four years the Pangaea expedition will visit all seven continents and navigate the world's oceans.
• The Akeley expedition obtained and preserved 'gorillas, studied the scenery of their haunts, aided the Johnsons in photography.

• military expedition
• hostile expedition
• excursion
• jaunt
• outing
• junket
• pleasure trip
• sashay
• dispatch
• despatch
• expeditiousness

News & Articles

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• Gyre Project to Study Marine Debris Through Science and Art
  An ambitious expedition to study ocean trash launched from Seward on June 7. The Gyre project is a collaboration between the Anchorage Museum and the Alaska SeaLife Center, among other organizations, to document the impact of marine debris along Alaska’s shoreline – and across the globe. Download Audio
  June 12, 2013 - Alaska Public Radio Network
• Sheriff's search for Victorville carjacker
  VICTORVILLE A man was carjacked at knife-point and officials were searching for the suspect Tuesday night, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. The victim, who was in a Ford Expedition, was uninjured when a man threaten him by holding a knife to his throat and...
  June 12, 2013 - Victorville Daily Press
• Driver, 2 children injured in I-82 rollover
  A woman driving a Ford Expedition on Monday afternoon on Interstate 82 lost control of her SUV, crossed all lanes of traffic and rolled in the median before hitting a westbound van, the Washington State Patrol reported.
  June 11, 2013 - Tri-City Herald

Quotes

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• John Boehner in International Herald Tribune
  We have space on the calendar today for a politically charged fishing expedition, but no space for a bill that would protect the American people from terrorists who want to kill us,said Minority Leader John A. Boehner, R-Ohio.
• Martin Strel in Forbes
  Comparing his Amazon adventure with his other record-breaking swim in Europe, the United States and China, Strel said "it was the toughest expedition by far."
• Auron Tare in The Associated Press
  If the data coincide with the conclusions of the further study of that archaeological relic, then we may say the expedition has discovered the Italian Rosandra ship,Tare told The Associated Press.