as in searches
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(s)
Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
Jump scours Japan for new talent through a pair of biannual contests, one for comedies and one for dramas, open to any amateur bold enough to enter.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scour(s)
Verb
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One agent searches through system information to identify suspicious behavior, another revises security policies to prevent future threats of the same kind and a third tests the defenses of the system by staging an attack.—
Perry Carpenter,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Kecmanović, a steady pro who will test the Brazilian’s rally tolerance, isn’t an ideal opponent as Fonseca searches for his first main-draw win in New York.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Running backs Sire Gaines and Malik Sherrod each scored in the first quarter and broke off impressive runs, and combined for 140 yards on the ground.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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And Wacha entered Friday’s action with the second-fewest runs of support among pitchers with at least 27 starts.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That is to say Vogue finds itself on the precipice of a generational, technological, and economic reckoning.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Thomas Samson | Afp | Getty Images Heading into another vote of confidence next week, France now unexpectedly finds itself unfavorably compared to Italy, a country previously renowned for political upheaval and economic frailty.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some patients may have gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, nausea and abdominal pain.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Common symptoms of Vibrio infection include diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure and blistering lesions.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The boy jumps out with his footy and trots away, bouncing it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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In a clip posted on TikTok by Kenneth Ray Prince (@kennyprince1), his Australian shepherd trots up to his 4-month-old granddaughter and drops a ball into her baby bouncer before barking expectantly.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Scour(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour%28s%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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