as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic
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Recent Examples of scour
But even teams relatively deep in starting pitching constantly scour the market for potential upgrades.
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Apfelbaum is also scouring her archives for recipes that are less egg-reliant, such as a Nutella tart with a macaroon crust.
—Rachel Ringler, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Police were scouring the area looking for surveillance cameras that may have recorded the gunman fleeing the scene.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
All while doing so, Benjamin ‘Dex’ Poindexter is scouring the rooftops trying to plan the perfect revenge for his enemy Daredevil.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Mar. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 10 Mar. 2025
Apfelbaum is also scouring her archives for recipes that are less egg-reliant, such as a Nutella tart with a macaroon crust.
—Rachel Ringler, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2025
Police were scouring the area looking for surveillance cameras that may have recorded the gunman fleeing the scene.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2025
All while doing so, Benjamin ‘Dex’ Poindexter is scouring the rooftops trying to plan the perfect revenge for his enemy Daredevil.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scour
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“Scour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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