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reconnoiter

[ree-kuh-noi-ter, rek-uh-] / ˌri kəˈnɔɪ tər, ˌrɛk ə- /


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“It’s normal that before operations you reconnoiter and set up these kinds of locations,” said Michael Knights, the head of research for Horizon Engage, a strategic advisory firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

When Liddy and Hunt go to reconnoiter the psychiatrist’s office, they wear terrible wigs by way of disguise.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023

Top executives have shifted their attention to other countries that they can more easily reconnoiter.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2022

Some of BepiColombo’s instruments that were designed to study Mercury can also be utilized to reconnoiter Venus’s atmosphere, the mission’s scientists say.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 23, 2020

I had already done a little hiking to the west around Rangeley and Flagstaff Lakes, in the week before Katz came, as a kind of reconnoiter, so I felt as if I knew the terrain.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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