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Also, in quest of . Looking for, seeking, as in They went to California in search of gold , or I went to the library in quest of a quiet place to read . The first term dates from the mid-1400s, the second from the second half of the 1500s.

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During that four-decade stretch, it wasn’t just heterosexuals coming to our shores in search of a better life.

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Cars circled the congested parking lot in search of a free space as Faith, a 59-year-old Huntington Beach resident who declined to give her last name, loaded large bags of chips and a bundle of bananas into the trunk of her SUV.

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From there, they sneak past the protective barrier lining the respiratory system and head to the lymph nodes in search of cells that express a particular protein called signaling lymphocytic activation molecule, or SLAM.

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Ta’Niya Latson, who led the nation in scoring this season at Florida State, also is in search of a new team.

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These groups have been flocking to Dallas, Houston, Atlanta or Miami rather than California in search of opportunity.

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