reconnoitre

Example Sentences

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He was headed, generally, for Lake Superior, and would reconnoitre once he got to Lake Michigan.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 29, 2018

The Sunni caliph Mansur, whose new empire stretched from India to the Atlantic, sailed up and down the Tigris to reconnoitre a place for his home.

From Economist • Jun. 12, 2014

About a month ago Count Edmondo di Robilant and Mechanic Mauranta Quaranta left Sao Paulo, Brazil in a fast Fiat pursuit plane, to reconnoitre a prospective air line to Bolivia.

From Time Magazine Archive

He did not even reconnoitre to discover the whereabouts of the enemy.

From Time Magazine Archive

He thereupon sent a well-manned boat to reconnoitre, which returned in a few days with the news that there were fourteen or fifteen ships about to sail.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick