as in searching
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery
the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations
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His family spent an agonizing week searching through morgues, hospitals and detention facilities before finally identifying his body among piles of corpses, also shown in the viral footage.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Police are searching for a suspect after a Florida Memorial University student was raped on campus early Sunday morning, according to Miami Gardens police.—
Anna McAllister,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Brains and institutions alike are both drawn to exploit what already looks promising, often at the expense of exploring what’s merely interesting, awkward, or unfinished.—
Rachel Barr,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Tripadvisor just released its annual trendcast report, exploring the themes predicted to dominate travel this year, based on the travel website’s booking, behavioral, and search data.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Skirring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirring. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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