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reconnaissance

[ri-kon-uh-suhns, -zuhns] / rɪˈkɒn ə səns, -zəns /


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The meeting discussed ways to enhance the unit's "capability of military reconnaissance and intelligence activities in a radical way", it added.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The nine-hour reconnaissance flight of the Junkers Ju 88 covered more than 100,000 square miles, “barely one third of the land Hitler sought to occupy through his summer offensive in 1942,” writes Richard Hargreaves.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

On a reconnaissance mission, Jessie climbs to the roof and discovers the root of this strange standoffishness: Every child, in every window, has their face glued to a screen.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

Drone reconnaissance has become a part of anti-terror efforts in recent years, especially around high-profile targets.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Aircraft took over the reconnaissance operations that cavalry could no longer perform.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

There will be reconnaissances to Trent Bridge to have a look at Australia's opener, Ed Cowan, who has signed for Nottinghamshire for the early part of the season.

From The Guardian Apr. 6, 2013

Since then there have been three major reconnaissances of nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Taylor was harder on himself than anyone, making personal reconnaissances by Jeep, risking injury unnecessarily by sitting stubbornly at a staff table while shells fell in the courtyard outside.

From Time Magazine Archive

As an intelligence officer, Mowat is particularly vulnerable when he delivers messages and undertakes reconnaissances.

From Time Magazine Archive

For that kind of work, as for all reconnaissances, the aviators like low-lying clouds.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan




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