as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic
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Recent Examples of scour
His team will scour the stalls, asking where other clothing vendors operate in countries like Indonesia, Ghana, or the Philippines.
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The Editors, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal status to ensure there isn't any waste, fraud or abuse, according to public records obtained by KFF Health News and The Associated Press.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Use a nonabrasive pad or soft cloth rather than a scouring pad on the surface of the sink.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal status to ensure there isn’t any waste, fraud or abuse, according to public records obtained by KFF Health News and The Associated Press.
—Angela Hart, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scour
The Editors, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal status to ensure there isn't any waste, fraud or abuse, according to public records obtained by KFF Health News and The Associated Press.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Use a nonabrasive pad or soft cloth rather than a scouring pad on the surface of the sink.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal status to ensure there isn’t any waste, fraud or abuse, according to public records obtained by KFF Health News and The Associated Press.
—Angela Hart, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scour
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scour
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Staffers frantically searched for updates on his condition.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Users can search for specific properties of geologic units or click on the map for additional geologic information and links to more detailed maps of local areas.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The typical price of a single-family home in the United States is about $368,000, jumping roughly 13% over the past 5 years and 38% over the last decade, the ABC News data team found.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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And Sheen does find the words to tell more harrowing stories of addiction and excess that defined his Hollywood spiral.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Scour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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