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verb

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Recent Examples of scout
Noun
Yet Alberta has stayed in the game, attracted to Pete's growing confidence (spurred by his newfound power of leaving the residence) and his scout shorts and knee-high socks wardrobe. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 May 2025 However, according to reports from Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer, some anonymous scouts are urging people to 'pump the breaks' on Manning. Matt Galatzan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Verb
Others were scouted out their frames on Instagram while some were in the market for something with very specific qualities (under-bed storage, an upholstered design, something headboard-less). Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025 The Associated Press reported in March that Trump's team was scouting Florida locations for a potential presidential library. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for scout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scout
Noun
  • The fungal disease does not spread from person to person, according to the CDC.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • Before Johnson and Eakins exchanged vows, Houser passed their wedding rings along the front row and asked that each person hold the rings and pray or give their blessings over them before passing them down to the next person in what's known as ring warming.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • Read: The attack on trans rights won’t end there The impossible becoming possible is a hard thing to process—and easier to reject or mock than to understand.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
  • Film director Wes Anderson mocked President Donald Trump over his plan to slap tariffs on foreign films made outside of the United States.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • When the politician begins to speak of evacuation plans the guy immediately shouts him down.
    Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
  • Other impact guys include USC RB Quinten Joyner and Miami (Ohio) WR Reggie Virgil. 20.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • This was baffling to many observers, including this one, and was widely ridiculed, even receiving a friendly jab from rival, Peacock.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The former lawmaker from Hawaii used her perch at Fox to defend Trump from negative headlines and to ridicule her former party over its vision for the country.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Still: There’s something a little nasty about using a man’s long-ago loyalty oath as an excuse to simply kill him for safety, especially when the whole operation is burned anyway, yes?
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 14 May 2025
  • Hikers in New York state have found the remains of a Canadian man who was missing for five months in the Adirondack Mountains, officials say.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • An effort to extend the life of the B61 nuclear bomb also faced significant delays and saw costs more than double – to the tune of an additional $4 billion.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Seeing any woman, particularly a Black woman, establish herself as independently wealthy without the help of a spouse or parent is admirable and reflects an urge in younger generations to live a life that wasn’t as accessible to those who came before us.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more than 500 million years ago.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 17 May 2025
  • They are set upon by one of Eudoxia’s five sons and his warband of mutant creatures – half-man, half-animal abominations created by the former Empress as part of her many diabolical experiments.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025

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“Scout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scout. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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