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recon

[ri-kon] / rɪˈkɒn /




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I had to do a little recon, because I'm from the Midwest, but I didn't know.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2024

A Sikorsky S-76 intelligence and recon helicopter helps guide the tankers at night, while a mobile retardant base provides up to 18,000 gallons of mixed retardant per hour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

I stumbled upon Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands on Xbox Game Pass, which, from the title, I assumed was a game about doing recon, in the wildlands, in search of Tom Clancy’s ghost.

From The Verge ● Aug. 24, 2022

“Now it is our companion, and it is continuing to fly and do recon for us.”

From Scientific American ● Feb. 17, 2022

My daddy is a general, and I know what he’d say if he were here: We need to do a recon mission, see if there are any more survivors, and tend to the wounded.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

Instead of reconning the polling sites by ourselves, my soldiers and I patrolled some nearby orchards.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2021


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