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scour

[skouuhr, skou-er] / skaʊər, ˈskaʊ ər /




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“Not everything is a playoff, championship or otherwise high-profile sports event that we will naturally scour the viewing expanse we call television to find,” Corbelli said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 18, 2026

So it makes sense to scour for opportunities in areas that have charts that do not look as if they’re at nosebleed levels.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Harpootlian heard rumblings that some of the jurors were displeased with Hill’s conduct and began to scour the back roads of Colleton County to track them down.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

Caught in the middle is American mining company KoBold Metals, which uses AI to scour for copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 28, 2026

Mail shirts were tossed in barrels of sand and rolled across the lumpy surface of the Flowstone Yard to scour them clean.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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