scout
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Ratner’s spokeswoman said the director joined the trip to scout out locations in China for the movie, which is expected to begin filming next year.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Siegel said she was on the same stretch of road so often that people began to wonder if she was a location scout.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Hosting Tottenham head coach Roberto de Zerbi in Chelsea's directors' box on Monday, ostensibly to scout his future opponents, went down poorly with sections of the fanbase.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Once Chester realized that this mysterious D-III flamethrower was, in fact, real, he reached out to Ed Santa, a longtime Colorado Rockies scout who covered Western Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
“Let’s scout around the palace. Maybe we can find some extra Greek fire or Hephaestus traps.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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