surveying

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As we talk, on occasion the screeching call of a toucan pierces the quiet, and miles above, the same giant black birds hover menacingly in groups, surveying everything below.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

CWT submitted its application after months of surveying, modelling potential impacts and working with landowners and local communities.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

The surveying firm Embold Research found in June that more than half of displaced households — 61% in Altadena and 65% in Pacific Palisades — had stayed in multiple places.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

A new team of Indonesian scientists is now surveying its biodiversity, including with submersible dives that put the researchers right into the environment they are studying.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

“Where did it start? In what country? That’s all I wanted to know! Give me that book a minute!...See? Right here! It says that surveying probably began in Egypt! So I was right!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham