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
After scouring the woods for another 10 minutes, the volunteers gave up.
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Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Look up old Halloween costume photos, scour eBay for retro plastic masks or do your hair and makeup reminiscent of a bygone decade.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
But is there an economic return on investment in scouring Earth's moon for that natural resource?
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Authorities continue to scour the rubble to gather evidence, including searching for clues on the cause of the fire that engulfed the complex, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation told CNN.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Look up old Halloween costume photos, scour eBay for retro plastic masks or do your hair and makeup reminiscent of a bygone decade.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
But is there an economic return on investment in scouring Earth's moon for that natural resource?
—Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Authorities continue to scour the rubble to gather evidence, including searching for clues on the cause of the fire that engulfed the complex, a law enforcement source briefed on the investigation told CNN.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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Salee and Sprinker's bodies were found weighted down in a nearby river in May 1969, the same month Brudos' home was searched following a tip from a college student.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI appears to be trying to position ChatGPT as a version of this universal interface, not through a browser, but by integrating third-party apps directly into the chatbot so users can search, shop, plan travel, and manage files without ever leaving the conversation.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Some residents have found debris as far as two miles from the facility, according to the Hickman County Sheriff’s office.—
Isabel Rosales,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Don’t expect to find an M5 in an iPhone, though.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Scour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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