reconnoiter
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- v explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
- While the scout ship Hermes, weighing a mere 180,000 tons, is sent off to reconnoiter Quinta, the Eurydice lingers in the vicinity of a black hole.
- I applied for leave and went up to Malaya to reconnoiter Penang and the Cameron Highlands, to find out which was the safer place.
- Two days later Abu Daoud was in Munich to reconnoiter the Olympic Village, then still under construction.