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scour

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




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But short-sellers don’t have to scour the graveyard for ideas.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Detectives asked local police forces to scour their missing person databases, and checked the man's DNA and fingerprints with national records.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

I scour eBay, Etsy and Poshmark for items.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

But many viewers interpreted the spot not as a feel-good story about pets but as a peek into a world where your doorbell camera can be used to scour video across neighborhoods and beyond.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

As the rabbits stared down they could discern, here and there, a very fine scour, like smoke—chalk and powdered gravel carried along by the river as dust is blown on the wind.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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