scouted

past tense of scout

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of scouted Katz, an ex-minor-league pitcher, was coaching in the Northwood League in 2012 when he was scouted as a coach by former player and executive Scott Servais, because his son was on Katz’s team. Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 The deal for Death’s a Bitch was backed by Banijay Entertainment’s Scripted Fund and scouted by Hannah Griffiths, Head of Adaptations for Banijay UK. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025 In advanced development and approaching pre-production, the script is complete, key crew members are on board, and Spanish locations have been scouted. Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025 Comfy and chic all at once, these five outfit ideas were scouted from Fashion Week street style, offering up some of-the-moment styling tricks and fall trends that are surprisingly simple to execute. Aemilia Madden, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2025 Champion later revealed to Vestavia Voice that she was first scouted at one of her sister's pageants. Arielle Tschinkel, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 Credit should also go to whoever scouted and dressed the deliberately dreary locations used, a selection of bare concrete architecture in what looks like the cheating side of every town. Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 When the time comes during the job, players flashback to the legwork, reveal how the obstacle was already scouted and add some of those dice to their roll to get past it in the moment. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 Stoner grew up in Toledo, Ohio, and was scouted by the same woman who discovered hometown celebrity Katie Holmes. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scouted
Verb
  • Gastineau says the video has led to him being ridiculed and scorned.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Pugliese resigned weeks after a public argument with Democratic leadership after a photo of a Democratic lawmaker that was taken by a Republican legislator was shared and ridiculed in a GOP group chat.
    Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rubio lauded Bukele and mocked the Biden administration’s attempts to pressure him.
    T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
  • In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025

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