scouring

Example Sentences

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In October 2007, while scouring Google Earth, he discovered the largest beaver dam on the planet—a 2,700-foot-long structure in northern Alberta with a 17-acre lake backed up behind it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Then came 32 inches of rain over the last nine months, scouring out and moving sediment, creating deeper pools.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Grieving often prompts frantic spelunking missions—rereading old letters or texts, scouring your camera roll and random social media accounts for any scrap of a memory of your loved one.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

A former commander of a pararescue jumpers squadron told CBS News that a rescue operation like the reported one in Iran would involve at least 24 pararescue jumpers scouring the area in Black Hawk helicopters.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Caul was no longer with us—he had stayed behind with the larger contingent of soldiers to “mop up,” which I think meant scouring the loop for hiders and stragglers.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs