as in ridiculing
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter
the actor's attempt to rationalize his racist comments were roundly scouted by the media
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Recent Examples of scouting
After injuries halted his short stint in the minor leagues, Minaya worked on the Texas Rangers scouting team in 1985, before working his way up to becoming the assistant general manager of the New York Mets during the late 1990s.
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Miller has had a long career in production Before his photography work, Miller spent a decade as a commercial location manager, scouting locations for shoots for companies like Nike, Ford and Toyota.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason added that Robinson was spotted on campus earlier that morning, possibly scouting the area, according to Fox News’ Garrett Tenney.
—Stepheny Price , Alexandra Koch , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Costa spends pretty much the whole year scouting for potential films, all of which are awards contenders.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Miller has had a long career in production Before his photography work, Miller spent a decade as a commercial location manager, scouting locations for shoots for companies like Nike, Ford and Toyota.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason added that Robinson was spotted on campus earlier that morning, possibly scouting the area, according to Fox News’ Garrett Tenney.
—Stepheny Price , Alexandra Koch , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Costa spends pretty much the whole year scouting for potential films, all of which are awards contenders.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scouting
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The show opened with a skit mocking Hegseth, portrayed by comedian Colin Jost, ridiculing the Defense Secretary's address to military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, last week.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
5 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after dropping the album art on Instagram, social media was flooded with disappointed fans ridiculing the cover.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Katherine del Rio took to social media to post, then delete, a couple of Instagram Stories mocking Leah Lewis following the incident on the set of the CBS drama.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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It has also been used as a derogatory term, mocking immigrant culture in Lima during the mass migrations of Indigenous Andean people to Lima in the 20th century.—
NPR,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Scouting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scouting. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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