scout
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Joao Pedro became one of the stars of Fluminense's academy and was spotted by Watford's South America scout Rafa Monfort.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
You could fly into a major metropolitan area like Miami to scout places and easily plunk down your entire $2 million nest egg in one day.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
The novel follows Lila Dixon, an acerbic, cynical baseball scout living a dreary and closed-off life in her 30s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
A modelling scout linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead at his home.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He said, ‘Just having a look around. You should always scout a battlefield before the battle.’
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
The song refers to the pressures of fame, and the video shows Grande as a starlet who tries out for a group of talent scouts, dressing as a variety of different pop star personas.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
He recorded a 7-foot wingspan and 8-8 standing reach at the NBA combine, where he also impressed scouts during the five-on-five scrimmage with 30 points and seven rebounds on six-for-12 shooting from three-point range.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
Carr was viewed by NBA scouts as athletic with his 42½-inch vertical leap and as having a good jump shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
In the 2010s, in a push to improve the quality of its football, the country placed scouts in European countries with large Moroccan communities, such as France, the Netherlands and Belgium.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Some of the other panels were about the enemies of the Lakota and Cheyenne: the Crow and Arikara scouts who were with the Long Knives that day.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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