scour

Example Sentences

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I popped open my laptop and called my father and stepmother to help scour for flights.

From The Wall Street Journal

Silva Gu's eyes dart back and forth across miles of tall grassland, scouring it for signs of life in the darkness.

From BBC

While Lee waited on word from the mine, she scoured the internet for jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trying to bring the yellow M&M back into our lives, my parents scoured the internet for a display.

From The Wall Street Journal

This was considered an honor, but Amy and I had an additional motive: We believed we would glean more from observing the friends they selected than we would from scouring their backpacks.

From The Wall Street Journal