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verb

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Recent Examples of scout
Noun
Yet Alberta has stayed in the game, attracted to Pete's growing confidence (spurred by his newfound power of leaving the residence) and his scout shorts and knee-high socks wardrobe. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 May 2025 However, according to reports from Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer, some anonymous scouts are urging people to 'pump the breaks' on Manning. Matt Galatzan, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Verb
Others were scouted out their frames on Instagram while some were in the market for something with very specific qualities (under-bed storage, an upholstered design, something headboard-less). Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 12 May 2025 The Associated Press reported in March that Trump's team was scouting Florida locations for a potential presidential library. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for scout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scout
Noun
  • The raid at the unidentified health care executive’s home was authorized by a judge after a person phoned in a tip to the FBI, according to the affidavit.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • The Clinic notes that a person is more likely to develop alopecia if there is a family history of the condition or if family members have other autoimmune diseases like lupus or thyroid disease.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • Similarly, this administration has mocked the constitutional process of due process, whereby the accused get their day in court.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 9 May 2025
  • Crockett has been outspokenly opposed to Republican efforts to keep trans athletes out of women's and girls' sports, even previously mocking Americans who claim to have been impacted.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Robinson stars as Craig Waterman, a regular suburban guy with a boring job, a charming florist wife who's losing interest in him (Kate Mara), and a teenage son (Jack Dylan Grazer) whose indifference borders on hostility.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 May 2025
  • The dynamics are informed by a baseline of data from Mack, who oversees the Royals quantitative analysis staff and performance science department ... and happens to be a sharp and animated guy who loves to talk about this stuff.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • This was baffling to many observers, including this one, and was widely ridiculed, even receiving a friendly jab from rival, Peacock.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The former lawmaker from Hawaii used her perch at Fox to defend Trump from negative headlines and to ridicule her former party over its vision for the country.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Still: There’s something a little nasty about using a man’s long-ago loyalty oath as an excuse to simply kill him for safety, especially when the whole operation is burned anyway, yes?
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 14 May 2025
  • Hikers in New York state have found the remains of a Canadian man who was missing for five months in the Adirondack Mountains, officials say.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Seeing any woman, particularly a Black woman, establish herself as independently wealthy without the help of a spouse or parent is admirable and reflects an urge in younger generations to live a life that wasn’t as accessible to those who came before us.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 19 May 2025
  • An effort to extend the life of the B61 nuclear bomb also faced significant delays and saw costs more than double – to the tune of an additional $4 billion.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Danielle Dufault/Royal Ontario Museum Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more than 500 million years ago.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 17 May 2025
  • They are set upon by one of Eudoxia’s five sons and his warband of mutant creatures – half-man, half-animal abominations created by the former Empress as part of her many diabolical experiments.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025

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“Scout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scout. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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