as in to resort (to)
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look up
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Looking at her computer's search history, investigators found that Patterson looked up a website listing sightings of the poisonous mushroom.—
Britt Clennett,
ABC News,
30 May 2025 -
Mapping the Deep Ocean Bell started looking up dive data and doing some math.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
30 May 2025
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“Happen (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen%20%28by%29. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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