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"sense": "hidden item in geocaching",
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"text": "2006, National Science Teachers Association, Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers, American Science Teachers Association, The Science Teacher, Volume 73, Issues 1-4, page 56,\nLatitude and longitude coordinates for the location of these hidden geocaches are downloaded from the internet (at sites such as www. geocaching.com) and loaded on a GPS receiver."
},
{
"ref": "2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 102",
"text": "With school out for the summer, Jason and Sarah sat down and mapped a strategy to find the geocaches at each of the state's seventy-two parks and recreation areas.",
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"(intransitive) To participate in geocaching."
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"sense": "to participate in geocaching",
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"word": "geoládázik"
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