scout

Example Sentences

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Rams coach Sean McVay, West Coast area scout Vito Gonella and director of scouting strategy James Gladstone identified Nacua as a must-have addition to a team coming off a horrendous 2022 Super Bowl hangover.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Wearing white cowboy hats and sunburns, they were there to scout sites for future artwork, which they would go on to build, blast out and assemble on an epic scale over the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The 53-year-old, who is from Chichester, said the skills he learnt as a scout, including resilience and teamwork, came in useful in space.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Braff: I go, “You’re going to learn more on the tech scout than you could in film school.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

“Does he think I would send my scout in unprepared?”

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead