as in searched
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 scoured
Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Crews scoured the area but found nothing.
—Madison Smalstig, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Pan and his girlfriend scoured the proclamation, social media and even ChatGPT trying to understand.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Drones, a swift water team, cadaver dogs and GoPros punctured the peace in the tranquil and majestic mountains and triggered a closure of the Enchantments, an area popular for backcountry hiking and camping, as law enforcement scoured the forest for any signs of the bearded Army veteran.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
Thankfully, Murphy had help, as her two friends scoured the area by her side (iPhone flashlights in hand).
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Jones’ departure after seven years as editor sparked a broad search for a replacement led by Wintour, who scoured the industry inside and outside Condé Nast.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
For the remaining chase days, the group scoured Tornado Alley, traversing a number states.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Pans, scoured, hung from hooks; knives glinted in ascending size.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.
—Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Every summer for the last decade, Mike Sullivan and his coaching staff have scoured video of teams around the NHL before gathering to share their observations.
—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Crews scoured the area but found nothing.
—Madison Smalstig, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Pan and his girlfriend scoured the proclamation, social media and even ChatGPT trying to understand.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Drones, a swift water team, cadaver dogs and GoPros punctured the peace in the tranquil and majestic mountains and triggered a closure of the Enchantments, an area popular for backcountry hiking and camping, as law enforcement scoured the forest for any signs of the bearded Army veteran.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
Thankfully, Murphy had help, as her two friends scoured the area by her side (iPhone flashlights in hand).
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Jones’ departure after seven years as editor sparked a broad search for a replacement led by Wintour, who scoured the industry inside and outside Condé Nast.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2025
For the remaining chase days, the group scoured Tornado Alley, traversing a number states.
—Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Pans, scoured, hung from hooks; knives glinted in ascending size.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoured
Verb
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Two plays after Toth’s hold, on second-and-13, Hurts searched within a clean pocket but fired incomplete after finding no one open.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The cooler will be searched and tagged at the gate.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Electric Era, which was founded by SpaceX engineers, is ready to release its next product, one that is designed to address energy storage management and charging power demand concerns.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Now, Stern, who co-founded Apple Fitness+ and previously oversaw Ford's subscription services, aims to upgrade Peloton's products in an effort to match its wide range of class types with its hardware.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
25 May 2024
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There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.—
Chantha Nguon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2024
Verb
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Here, Swift’s hair is pinned in a half up, half down style, with bangs combed every which way.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the hair department, the Skims founder kept things simple, with her pixie style combed forward and her wispy bangs falling neatly over her face.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Scoured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoured. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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