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)
Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
The software scours the open internet and the dark web for information relevant to police investigations with AI tying together data on people of interest.
—Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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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Our shopping team searches daily for the best beauty products in the industry.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
24 Sep. 2025
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Once inside, Shamos searches for sensitive data, Apple Notes, Keychain items, browser passwords, and even cryptocurrency wallets.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Rangers ranked in the bottom half of the league in runs, batting average and on-base percentage in each of the past two seasons after having one of the majors’ best offenses during the 2023 championship season.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Oct. 2025
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McLaren had earlier tweaked the front wing angles on both cars after initial runs, with Piastri reporting understeer before improving.—
Alex Harrington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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An intimate portrait of love and exhaustion that finds the comic edge in ordinary chaos.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Many of these real-life experiences end tragically, but when the musician survives and finds sobriety, the war stories don’t go away.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The ill passengers mainly experienced diarrhea and vomiting, the CDC said.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
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Monitor for Salmonella symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After the gentle shove, the cat hops back and instantly looks at Nova, then trots to the opposite side of the bed.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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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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“Scour(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour%28s%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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