reconnaissance
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It includes the construction of fortifications, equipment depots, as well as reconnaissance and anti-drone installations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
But two helicopters will "continue to carry out essential firefighting and reconnaissance missions", said a fire service statement.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for radical upgrades to the country’s military reconnaissance and intelligence capabilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
He said crews were "doing all we possibly can to try and stop this fire from spreading any further", including dropping water from helicopters and carrying out reconnaissance with drones and aircraft.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Then he remembered how Bigwig, after his reconnaissance on the previous day, had spoken of the little white sticks in the grass.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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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
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As an intelligence officer, Mowat is particularly vulnerable when he delivers messages and undertakes reconnaissances.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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These numerous raids and reconnaissances were repeated every day at many points.
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 Francis Trevelyan Miller
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