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scouting

[skou-ting] / ˈskaʊ tɪŋ /




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Instead, years of miscalculations from the front office have left fans scouting college quarterbacks on Saturdays and wearing bags on their heads on Sundays.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“Every now and then,” Cardinals scouting director Randy Flores said, “you just pause and applaud the history of the moment.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

While scouting locations in New Mexico, the production interacted with local Latino families.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Two centre-backs caught the eye of Liverpool's scouting department at the U17 World Cup in Qatar last November.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

I also knew that we needed a break: I’d started scouting for a private place where we could go to decompress for a few days in January, immediately after the new president got sworn in.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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