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
Less than an hour after police arrived and started scouring the trails, screams in the distance led them to the bodies of Clinton David Brink, 43, and Cristen Amanda Brink, 41.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Reviewing thousands of applications, the casting team scours social media and conducts multiple rounds of phone and video interviews.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025
Images: Alpha Earth Foundation Google’s newest AI model is going to scour the Earth and, ideally, help it out.
—Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 30 July 2025
Such phones can be found by scouring eBay or websites like dumbwireless.com, which also offers service plans.
—Darleene Powells, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 31 July 2025
Reviewing thousands of applications, the casting team scours social media and conducts multiple rounds of phone and video interviews.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 31 July 2025
Images: Alpha Earth Foundation Google’s newest AI model is going to scour the Earth and, ideally, help it out.
—Boone Ashworth, Wired News, 30 July 2025
Such phones can be found by scouring eBay or websites like dumbwireless.com, which also offers service plans.
—Darleene Powells, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scour
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Deputies searched for the toddler and man throughout the day.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Kansas City Star,
24 Aug. 2025
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Crews are searching for body in the Ohio River after a man reportedly jumped from the Purple People Bridge on Aug. 23, according to a news release from the Cincinnati Fire Department.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
24 Aug. 2025
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Work on finding a balance of being informed, not bombarded.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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An Enquirer investigation found that for the first half of 2025, around 43% of people detained for ICE were only accused of a civil immigration violation.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Scour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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