scouring

Example Sentences

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As the investigation progressed, we did everything we could to corroborate the women's accounts - including scouring mobile phone histories, speaking to other cast members, as well as friends and family.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Grieving often prompts frantic spelunking missions—rereading old letters or texts, scouring your camera roll and random social media accounts for any scrap of a memory of your loved one.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

The caregiver for her elderly mother and a grandchild, she spends much of her time scouring government stores and the black market for food and medicine.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

But we know what narrator Ramin Karimloo means: The last significant pharaoh continues to occupy the dreams of Egyptologists scouring the dust for traces of his history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

His breath fogged the glass as he panted, his good eye scouring the glowing forest beyond.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman