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verb

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Recent Examples of scout
Noun
There were 26 scouts in Nationwide Arena — three representing Edmonton (including a goaltending coach), and two each from Vegas and Utah — crowding the upper reaches of the press box. Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 No interceptions in 16 career games but was scout team player of the week and could see snaps if Stout is out. Cam Inman, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
Nearly two dozen lawmakers in Netanyahu’s coalition signed a letter to Israel’s defense minister urging him to permit activists into Gaza itself to scout possible settlement locations. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025 The crew had brought a crane lift mounted on a truck and appeared to have scouted the location in advance. Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scout
Noun
  • Police reportedly located the woman after reviewing a two-second security camera video clip, in which she was allegedly seen on a city sidewalk carrying something that appeared to be wrapped in a bundle and holding it as a person would typically hold a baby.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One issue is that hypnosis has long been viewed as a form of entertainment, a stage show with a hypnotist and an audience, which can give viewers a sense that hypnosis is something done to you rather than a process that a person is led through.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The principal of a Chicago elementary school that employs a teacher who appeared to mock the assassination of Charlie Kirk apparently portrayed the educator as a victim amid backlash over her behavior.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • He has already been known to privately mock conservative pastors.
    Rev. Nathan Empsall, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This guy really broke her heart.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As Morgan and Jonah navigate shifting alliances, Clara grapples with her grief, compounded by her confusion as to what in God’s name is going on with her mom and uncle, plus a budding romance with local cool guy Miller (Mason Thames).
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When he wasn’t being ridiculed and ignored, Tupac was writing.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Altman served up an easy target for his critics to ridicule.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fabian Hurzeler’s team have had their best matches in this respect against Manchester City in August and 10-man Chelsea in September, converting five of seven big chances across both wins.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The breakthrough could redefine the future of virtual and augmented reality by creating visuals that look identical to real life.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Rinderknecht is accused of starting the January blaze known as the Palisades Fires, which ultimately went on to claim the lives of 12 people and burn over 23,000 acres, according to a report from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The creatures are scavengers feeding on the seafloor and plankton as well as algae and waste particles.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Then, once your stay is over, guests hop right back on that glacier ferry for one more magical ride back to real life, but not before all those arctic creatures come out to wave goodbye.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Scout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scout. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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