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reconnaissance

[ri-kon-uh-suhns, -zuhns] / rɪˈkɒn ə səns, -zəns /


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One has said he was conscripted at 17 and served in a reconnaissance unit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Given the risk of Russian reconnaissance, the plan is to “get in, get armed, and get in the air” fast, Leon says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Juris Jurašs, who served as a Latvian lawmaker before joining the Ukrainian military as a reconnaissance company commander in 2022, chuckled when he heard about the exercise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

In January, Tajzai travelled to London and carried out reconnaissance near Sherzad's Abbey Orchard Street home and his workplace, the court heard.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Thanks to his military training, Powell knows the value of reconnaissance.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

There will be reconnaissances to Trent Bridge to have a look at Australia's opener, Ed Cowan, who has signed for Nottinghamshire for the early part of the season.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2013

Taylor was harder on himself than anyone, making personal reconnaissances by Jeep, risking injury unnecessarily by sitting stubbornly at a staff table while shells fell in the courtyard outside.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then there have been three major reconnaissances of nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

As an intelligence officer, Mowat is particularly vulnerable when he delivers messages and undertakes reconnaissances.

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole body of information which on any one day was obtained from the reconnaissances of the Royal Flying Corps could be set out in detail only by quoting all the reports in full.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh


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