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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Austin Abrams stars as a scuba diver who, while searching for his father’s (Josh Brolin) body, gets swallowed and must find a way to escape.—
Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
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Police are combing through a Chicago condo searching for clues in a double murder case that started more than 300 miles away.—
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“Hunt (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunt%20%28through%29. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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