scouting (up)

present participle of scout (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scouting (up)
Verb
  • Rutgers-Eagleton’s mid-October survey mirrored that trend, finding 42 percent of voters viewed Sherrill favorably and 45 percent unfavorably, while Ciattarelli’s numbers were 41 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And with 23andMe filing for bankruptcy earlier this year, her chances of finding any additional siblings may be dwindling.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Coping with the demands, expectations and egos of the Bernabeu’s dressing room is an important and challenging part of the job, as current Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso is learning very quickly.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Phobias can develop for a number of reasons, including genetic predispositions, environmental factors including traumatic experiences, learning from caregivers and hearing about scary situations.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sacramento County health inspectors closed a local diner, a Vietnamese restaurant and a boba tea shop after discovering over dozens of German cockroaches and other food safety violations.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Themes of self-acceptance, discovering one’s true potential, the power of friendship, and embracing the unknown are all wrapped in a quirky, adventurous comedy.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Turner spoke with an arresting conviction, locating Canada’s fate in geography, history, and its defining quest to defy manifest destiny and political gravity.
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
  • In The Lost King, Sally Hawkins stars as Philippa Langley, the real-life researcher who led the initiative and was eventually successful in locating Richard III’s centuries-old skeleton under an English parking lot.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After all avenues have been exhausted for finding out who these people are, the chief medical examiner of Alexandroupoli calls the chief imam of Sidiro, which is a Muslim Greek village.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • De Pablo and Weatherly then reunited for the Paramount+ spinoff, which sees their characters on the run across Europe after finding out that someone is targeting them and their daughter.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To keep gophers and moles out, gardeners had to put their own screens under the ground to keep them from digging up to the plants.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Make sure to sanitize garden tools after digging up each dahlia plant and before division to discourage the spread of any diseases that may be present.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Armed police officers were seen running down the platform at the station, evacuating passengers while looking to neutralize any ongoing threat, British news agency PA Media reported.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Pullover hoodies tend to come in a greater variety of designs since manufacturers don’t have to worry about a zipper running down the length to mess up how the graphics look.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Other younger-generation consumers say there’s really no advantage to using cash and complain that getting some wastes time.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • See all the stars getting SCAD to the bone below.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Nov. 2025
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“Scouting (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scouting%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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