scour
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Mining companies want to scour the ocean's abyssal plains for polymetallic nodules laden with nickel, copper and cobalt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The flip side: Museums say they’re using AI-assisted video surveillance to help guards scour for potential bad actors by analyzing people’s behavior as they move through the galleries rather than recording footage passively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
General Services Administration and billed under the tagline “Whatever you need from government, start here,” the chatbot is designed to scour federal websites and spit out official information in response to users’ queries.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Scam artists scour social-media platforms, public records, country clubs, social events, and dating sites.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
His indifference to everything was much too great for him to lie on his back and scour himself on the carpet, as he often had done earlier during the day.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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