skirr

as in to explore
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations

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  • This installation for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Cantor Roof Garden comprises four sculptural elements that explore the sonic and formal potential of simple stringed instruments.
    Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • An award-winning Palestinian American writer tackles subjects including home, displacement and gestation in this lyrical memoir that explores the trauma of fractured identity.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2025
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  • It had been visited by an investigator, searching for locations where someone may have spotted Chandler around the time of the murders.
    Ruth Chenetz, CBS News, 31 May 2025
  • Divers were searching New York City’s East River under the Roosevelt Island Bridge Friday for a missing 15-year-old girl who went into the water but never resurfaced.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
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  • Taylor started in center field against the New York Yankees on Monday and went 0 for 3. Angels prospect Kyren Paris, who was struggling at the plate in recent weeks — hitting just .190 — was optioned to triple-A Salt Lake City to make room for Taylor on the roster.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
  • Business Development Representative – part of the sales team handling prospecting.
    Robin Ryan, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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“Skirr.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirr. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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