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scout

[skaut] / skaʊt /




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When the truck wasn’t there, they would draw the heavy metal gate closed and lock it, or else pay a scout to sit out front watching, relaying surveillance intel when needed.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

He bought the £60 resuscitation manikins with the aim of running free life-saving sessions, particularly for young people, and has already led training at local scout groups.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“I think every scout, if they scout for any length of time, is going to have one player that just is special to you. Jimmy Abbott was that,” Fontaine told JapanBall in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Yankees scouting director Damon Oppenheimer and scout Matt Hyde discovered both players while Oppenheimer was temporarily living near Boston in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

The scouts said the object climbed quickly before appearing to disintegrate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

At 6-foot-3 with the route-running ability that once made scouts slack-jawed, he still possesses the skills to be a game-changing force at 24.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Both Fontaines were scouts well ahead of the deep empirical and objective analysis of baseball data — sabermetrics is the catch-all term — that some believe has made scouts obsolete.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

An in-house real-estate team aggressively scouts and negotiates deals for prime locations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Some scouts came to watch their games,” Mrs. Wright said.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng


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