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recon

[ri-kon] / rɪˈkɒn /




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At Studio City, I overheard two moms in white pants and cashmere sweaters talking about how, based on their Instagram recon, they figured out that so-and-so was sitting next to so-and-so at a benefit dinner.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2024

Asked if he had done recon anywhere else, Horton told the detective that he had gone to a church in Parkland near Stoneman Douglas High a few weeks ago, according to the affidavit.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 6, 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

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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