as in scouts
US, informal
military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy
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The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (RMFF) has scouts in different countries monitoring players who are eligible for them from a young age, but Nigeria’s approach is more informal.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Other nations whose soccer scouts have checked out the KC area include England, Germany, Columbia and South Korea.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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So far, the Buddhist monks have made it across much of the country, prompting online searches and interest in the walk, the monks’ mission and their destination in Washington.—
Christina Shaw,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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Then, La Mer, with 2,600 of its total 165,000 searches being dupe-related.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
13 Jan. 2026
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One of my favorite hunts took place in early September, 1991.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
18 Dec. 2025
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Case pieces Non-upholstered pieces with storage—including dressers, chests, and credenzas—are always the first things Cavaliere hunts for.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
16 Dec. 2025
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Perhaps the vision wasn’t the result of a bad burrito, or of taking ayahuasca with Rodgers on one of Rodgers’s spiritual quests.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
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Sunday night eliminates 18 teams into the long winter, while 14 playoff entrants formally begin their Super Bowl quests.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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