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or reconnoitred
as in explored
to go to (a place or area) in order to find out information especially about a military enemy; to do a reconnaissance of (a place)
An expedition reconnoitered the coast to find out the exact location of enemy forces.
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Jeff is the author of Appalachian Fall (Simon & Schuster, 2020), which explored the decline of the coal industry and community-level responses to the energy transition.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025 -
When these interactions were explored further, Thorn researchers found notable patterns especially among younger boys, defined as 9 to 12-year-olds in the study.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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Champion later revealed to Vestavia Voice that she was first scouted at one of her sister's pageants.—
Arielle Tschinkel,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Credit should also go to whoever scouted and dressed the deliberately dreary locations used, a selection of bare concrete architecture in what looks like the cheating side of every town.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Staffers frantically searched for updates on his condition.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker and activist Basel Adra said soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) searched his house in the occupied West Bank after a group of Israeli settlers attacked him, his family members and a foreign activist on Saturday.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Reconnoitered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconnoitered. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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