scouring

Example Sentences

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As the investigation progressed, we did everything we could to corroborate the women's accounts - including scouring mobile phone histories, speaking to other cast members, as well as friends and family.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Grieving often prompts frantic spelunking missions—rereading old letters or texts, scouring your camera roll and random social media accounts for any scrap of a memory of your loved one.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

The caregiver for her elderly mother and a grandchild, she spends much of her time scouring government stores and the black market for food and medicine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

After weeks of scouring headlines and watching tanker traffic, investors are eager to get back to the fundamentals of corporate earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Her hands were claws, every muscle rigid, a scream caught in her skull, scouring out all thought.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor