reconnoiter

Example Sentences

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Filled with hydrogen, they were used to reconnoiter enemy positions, their passengers hand-sketching battlefield maps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

When Liddy and Hunt go to reconnoiter the psychiatrist’s office, they wear terrible wigs by way of disguise.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2023

Top executives have shifted their attention to other countries that they can more easily reconnoiter.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2022

Still to be sorted out is when and how Mars 2020’s samples would be retrieved, as well as the order in which the rover would reconnoiter the workshop’s favored exploration sites.

From Scientific American • Oct. 22, 2018

Absorbed in his plans, Dick did not notice a patrol car pass him, slow down, reconnoiter.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote