as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic
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For the past six years, the team has been scouring the San Esteban Rockshelter for evidence of some of the earliest humans in North America.
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats overseas to scour the social media content of student visa applicants to identify those who have criticized the United States and Israel and potentially bar them from entering the country.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Together with volunteer groups from Alabama's Dauphin Island Sea Lab, the trio scoured the area for hours — working as quietly as possible so as not to scare the animal into hiding even further.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
And now, some experts are scouring this week’s events for clues on the fate of one of Xi’s top generals.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
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Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered diplomats overseas to scour the social media content of student visa applicants to identify those who have criticized the United States and Israel and potentially bar them from entering the country.
—Ana Ley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Together with volunteer groups from Alabama's Dauphin Island Sea Lab, the trio scoured the area for hours — working as quietly as possible so as not to scare the animal into hiding even further.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
And now, some experts are scouring this week’s events for clues on the fate of one of Xi’s top generals.
—Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Scour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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