reconnoiter
Example Sentences
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Filled with hydrogen, they were used to reconnoiter enemy positions, their passengers hand-sketching battlefield maps.
In 2013, in Vietnam, he reconnoitered the Danish embassy and distracted staffers as nine defectors, posing as South Korean tourists, entered and claimed asylum.
From Washington Times
“The troops are reconnoitered in the back parking lot.”
From Literature
When Liddy and Hunt go to reconnoiter the psychiatrist’s office, they wear terrible wigs by way of disguise.
From Los Angeles Times
Top executives have shifted their attention to other countries that they can more easily reconnoiter.
From New York Times
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