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scout

[skout] / skaʊt /




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Included in China’s mission package is a novel rocket-propelled scout that can reach terrain inaccessible to rovers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Jeremiah spent two more years with Philadelphia as a West Coast scout before taking an analyst job with NFL Network.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

He left Blackburn in November 2004 after one final spell as caretaker following Graeme Souness' exit for Newcastle and went on to scout for Leicester City before becoming Simon Grayson's assistant at Blackpool.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Liverpool-born Andy Mangan, opposition scout for Brazil this summer, remembers it as an education.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“Maybe you shouldn’t be such a stick-in-the-mud. Come on, let’s scout around.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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