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verb

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Recent Examples of scout
Noun
The Vikings hoped McCarthy could participate as the scout team quarterback early in 2024 for a reason. Alec Lewis, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 The scout, as well as some within the Angels’ system, love Cortez, though. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
Champion later revealed to Vestavia Voice that she was first scouted at one of her sister's pageants. Arielle Tschinkel, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 As Tom tries to rein in new recruits to the FBI, Robbie goes on his garbage route with Cliff (Raúl Castillo back on HBO after his dashing turn in Looking) in order to scout out drug houses. Grace Byron, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scout
Noun
  • For a person with asthma or COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or bronchitis and emphysema), this means coughing, wheezing, or a feeling of suffocation, or even a trip to the emergency room.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Team president Chris Drury and coach Mike Sullivan addressed reporters Wednesday from the MSG Training Center for the first time in person since Sullivan’s May 8 introductory press conference.
    Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many on the right have reacted strongly to those perceived to be celebrating or mocking Kirk's death, calling for consequences such as losing their jobs or in Omar's case, being censured.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Comedy Central responded to Kirk’s killing by pulling the episode mocking him from its regular rotation.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That guy has joined the pantheon of producer-to-the-stars with artists including Dua Lipa, Duran Duran, Bruno Mars and Billie Eilish.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Crawford has been careful and wise to pick fights against guys who have something on the line and stand to lose just as much as him—if not more.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His sophomore slump was ridiculed as his completion percentage dropped and his interception percentage rose.
    Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Wednesday ridicules Pugsley for making a zombie.
    Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The request also came on the same day a man drove a car into the gates of an FBI building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Just why that’s the case— when the two men have such different political backgrounds and perspectives — continues to defy logic.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No one who celebrates the loss of human life should be anywhere near children.
    Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Quite a few designs featured striking swirls, which Daveed says speak to the ways that many Haitian immigrants must travel when heading into the United States for a better life.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This includes the eyeball alien that’s possessed the sheep, a rapidly growing Xenomorph, and large, flying bug-like creatures that have made a little hive for themselves.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Thousands of skeletal creatures were lying on bunks unable to move, while dead bodies were piled in heaps all around the camp, reeking of putrefaction.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Scout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scout. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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