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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It’s been a long six years of digging through consignment shops, scouring listings of online resellers, and endlessly searching social media to find cookware in Le Creuset’s infamous berry shade.
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Euna Park, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Feb. 2025
Until that moment comes, Pearce will keep scouring through scripts to find that next great story, though not everything can stand in the pantheon of the now-classic films he’s been a part of.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2025
In the nearby industrial city of Guangzhou, water purifier maker Zheng Yu is scouring the globe to find a new production base to supply the U.S. outside of China.
—Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2025
Newsweek scoured ticket platforms offering seats for the NFL showcase.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Scour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scour. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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