scout
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“When we would scout him … it was always like ... ‘I don’t like him,’” Mesidor said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Snead now viewed himself less as a pure talent scout and more as a value investor who just happened to be in the business of picking NFL stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mercedes heard about him, and their driver academy scout Gwen Lagrue flew to Italy to check him out.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
You could fly into a major metropolitan area like Miami to scout places and easily plunk down your entire $2 million nest egg in one day.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Well, you better not give me away. I have a scout in civilization who follows all these stories.”
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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Players pray as they always have: for protection from injury, from the embarrassment of a missed tackle or muffed punt, to impress their homecoming date or to attract the attention of scouts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
At 5 feet 10, Mosley didn’t have the size that most scouts would equate with a prototypical receiver prospect, which, Palmer says, is part of why Mosley didn’t get his just due from recruiting services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In February, about 100 club officials, scouts and agents gathered at Villa Park for a networking event.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The song refers to the pressures of fame, and the video shows Grande as a starlet who tries out for a group of talent scouts, dressing as a variety of different pop star personas.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“The Long Knives used them a lot as scouts, against other Indians.”
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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