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• n  a place that is scoured (especially by running water)
• v  examine minutely
  The police scoured the country for the fugitive
• v  clean with hard rubbing
• v  rub hard or scrub
  scour the counter tops
• v  rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid

• Forgetting the cardinal rule that infantry precedes armor to scour buildings for lurking enemy squads, Russian tanks and personnel carriers advanced straight into the urban canyons .
• I don't want to tell an 11-year-old to scour the Internet for all the horrible stories.
• When the blizzard finally blew itself out, Army planes took off to drop supplies, scour the snow-burdened plains for signs of distress.

• scrub
• abrade
• flush
• purge

News & Articles

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• Saks Fifth Avenue Out, Belk In At Galleria
  Stylish shoppers who prefer their high-end labels at a discount can no longer scour the racks at Saks Fifth Avenue at the Dallas Galleria.
  June 16, 2013 - CBS Dallas - Fort Worth
• Scenes from the week: June 15, 2013
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Every week, Gazette-Mail photographers scour the city streets and back roads of West Virginia in search of the perfect shot. Not every photo makes it into the daily editions, but many are too good to waste. Click
  June 15, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette
• Today’s Scuttlebot: Cyberwarlord for the U.S., and Power Strips on the Road
  The technology reporters and editors of The New York Times scour the Web for important and peculiar items. Friday's selections include the general who has been building our military cybercapabilities, and Volvo's research into powering electric cars with strips in the road.
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN International
  Full recovery will not happen immediately,Obama said at a news conference in Chicago. "And to make the investments we need, we'll have to scour our federal budget, line by line, and make meaningful cuts and sacrifices as well, something I...
• David Moyes in Shoreham Today
  Moyes said: "We will scour the market and hopefully bring someone in who can have some impact. You can link (us) with however many you like because I can tell you I am interested in everybody."
• Ben Silverman in Washington Post
  I scour the world for the best ideas and for the game-changing hit shows and `Sin Tetas' is one of those shows,said Ben Silverman, NBC entertainment chairman.