diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/findastring/FindAStringInGivenList.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/findastring/FindAStringInGivenList.java
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+package com.baeldung.findastring;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.IterableUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.collections4.IteratorUtils;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class FindAStringInGivenList {
+
+
+    public List<String> findUsingLoopWithRegex(String search, List<String> list) {
+
+        List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+        String pattern = ".*"+search+".*";
+        Pattern p = Pattern.compile(pattern);
+
+        for(String str: list) {
+            if (p.matcher(str).matches()) {
+                matches.add(str);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return matches;
+    }
+
+
+    public List<String> findUsingLoop(String search, List<String> list) {
+
+        List<String> matches = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+        for(String str: list) {
+            if (str.contains(search)) {
+                matches.add(str);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return matches;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> findUsingStream(String search, List<String> list) {
+
+        List<String> matchingElements =
+                list.stream()
+                        .filter(str -> str.trim().contains(search))
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        return matchingElements;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> findUsingGuava(String search, List<String> list) {
+        Iterable<String> result = Iterables.filter(list, Predicates.containsPattern(search));
+
+        return Lists.newArrayList(result.iterator());
+    }
+
+    public List<String> findUsingCommonsCollection(String search, List<String> list) {
+        Iterable<String> result = IterableUtils.filteredIterable(list, new org.apache.commons.collections4.Predicate<String>() {
+            public boolean evaluate(String listElement) {
+                return listElement.contains(search);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return IteratorUtils.toList(result.iterator());
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/findastring/FindAStringInListUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-collections-list-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/findastring/FindAStringInListUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.findastring;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+public class FindAStringInListUnitTest {
+
+    private static List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    static {
+        list.add("Jack and Jill");
+        list.add("James and Sarah");
+        list.add("Sam and Louise");
+        list.add("Jack");
+        list.add("");
+    }
+
+    private static FindAStringInGivenList findAStringInGivenList = new FindAStringInGivenList();
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAString_whenFoundUsingLoopWithRegex_thenReturnList() {
+        List matchingElements = findAStringInGivenList.findUsingLoopWithRegex("Jack", list);
+        assertEquals(2, matchingElements.size());
+        assertEquals("Jack and Jill", matchingElements.get(0));
+        assertEquals("Jack", matchingElements.get(1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAString_whenFoundUsingLoop_thenReturnList() {
+        List matchingElements = findAStringInGivenList.findUsingLoop("Jack", list);
+        assertEquals(2, matchingElements.size());
+        assertEquals("Jack and Jill", matchingElements.get(0));
+        assertEquals("Jack", matchingElements.get(1));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAString_whenFoundUsingStream_thenReturnList(){
+        List matchingElements = findAStringInGivenList.findUsingStream("Jack", list);
+        assertEquals(2, matchingElements.size());
+        assertEquals("Jack and Jill", matchingElements.get(0));
+        assertEquals("Jack", matchingElements.get(1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAString_whenFoundUsingCommonsCollection_thenReturnList(){
+        List matchingElements = findAStringInGivenList.findUsingCommonsCollection("Jack", list);
+        assertEquals(2, matchingElements.size());
+        assertEquals("Jack and Jill", matchingElements.get(0));
+        assertEquals("Jack", matchingElements.get(1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAString_whenFoundUsingGuava_thenReturnList(){
+        List matchingElements = findAStringInGivenList.findUsingGuava("Jack", list);
+        assertEquals(2, matchingElements.size());
+        assertEquals("Jack and Jill", matchingElements.get(0));
+        assertEquals("Jack", matchingElements.get(1));
+    }
+
+}