recon

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A Sikorsky S-76 intelligence and recon helicopter helps guide the tankers at night, while a mobile retardant base provides up to 18,000 gallons of mixed retardant per hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

I stumbled upon Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands on Xbox Game Pass, which, from the title, I assumed was a game about doing recon, in the wildlands, in search of Tom Clancy’s ghost.

From The Verge • Aug. 24, 2022

Before embarking on his Cinnabon recon and designing the department store robbery, he unearths the ring from an old shoebox where he's hidden it and slides it on.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2022

“Now it is our companion, and it is continuing to fly and do recon for us.”

From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2022

We need a little nibble of recon, real spying—and then he’ll send us images of what he sees.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin