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scour

[skauuhr, skau-er] / skaʊər, ˈskaʊ ər /




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When the Night Watch teams are able to retrieve a downed target, they often scour the wreckage to figure out new ways to jam them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Bonifacio said he had been forced to scour the rest of the country for raw ube to meet his growing export commitments, a process that can double his costs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

General Services Administration and billed under the tagline “Whatever you need from government, start here,” the chatbot is designed to scour federal websites and spit out official information in response to users’ queries.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Scam artists scour social-media platforms, public records, country clubs, social events, and dating sites.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

As the rabbits stared down they could discern, here and there, a very fine scour, like smoke—chalk and powdered gravel carried along by the river as dust is blown on the wind.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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