Collocations withexpedition
These are words often used in combination withexpedition.
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fishing expedition
Well, this is nasty work, a fishing expedition in search of something to feed an unfocused and uninspired intuition.
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hunting expedition
There, again, one remembers the extraordinary circumstances in which that visit began, a mere hunting expedition, and so on.
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military expedition
The only military expedition, in 1624, ended in a fiasco.
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naval expedition
In the first instance, what was resolved upon and what was carried out was a naval expedition alone.
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polar expedition
If you are going to reckon on the polar expedition basis, try to locate your pole.
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punitive expedition
Brown described this as further exploration, but most scholars now agree that the evidence points to a punitive expedition.
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scientific expedition
A pure scientific expedition, therefore, was ironically transformed into a diplomatic dispute via political mobilization.
From theCambridge English Corpus
shopping expedition
What is the situation which housewives find when they go on a shopping expedition?
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