as in searching
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 scouring
Cops were scouring the area for surveillance footage that could help track the attacker’s movements.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
So, some people might be turning to AI as a way to skip scouring Bandcamp or following people on Record Club.
—Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 26 May 2026
It’s been four weeks since an EF-5 tornado slammed to the ground in Joplin, its 200-mph winds scouring a three-quarter-mile-wide, six-mile-long band of devastation.
—Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Italy’s Culture Ministry was scouring the world for the Nonantola abbey’s missing manuscripts, snapping them up in auctions and from collectors around the world.
—Andrea Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
So, some people might be turning to AI as a way to skip scouring Bandcamp or following people on Record Club.
—Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 26 May 2026
It’s been four weeks since an EF-5 tornado slammed to the ground in Joplin, its 200-mph winds scouring a three-quarter-mile-wide, six-mile-long band of devastation.
—Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Italy’s Culture Ministry was scouring the world for the Nonantola abbey’s missing manuscripts, snapping them up in auctions and from collectors around the world.
—Andrea Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scouring
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According to Ritter, defense attorneys could have been searching for a final opportunity to strengthen Anthony's position before the case reached the jury.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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The Pentagon is searching for new ways to protect military satellite communications from electronic attacks in space.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
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First class Etihad Apartments; Singapore Suites; combing first class on Airbus A380s on all the major Gulf airlines in a single trip; combining six different airline first class products in a single round trip.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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No one, perhaps, relishes the thought of combing through a credit report, shopping around for car insurance or parsing a bank statement.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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“Scouring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scouring. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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