reconnoitre

Example Sentences

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He was headed, generally, for Lake Superior, and would reconnoitre once he got to Lake Michigan.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

The Sunni caliph Mansur, whose new empire stretched from India to the Atlantic, sailed up and down the Tigris to reconnoitre a place for his home.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

Their base will be so much farther north that they will be able to reconnoitre slowly and widely before making any such dashes as Amundsen's.

From Time Magazine Archive

President Coolidge, through the War Department, ordered Army planes to reconnoitre from Boston, but their work was delayed by fogs.

From Time Magazine Archive

You shall go down, Mr. Birchett, yourself, with some of the troopers, and reconnoitre.

From The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)