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• v  examine minutely
  The police scoured the country for the fugitive
• v  clean with hard rubbing
• v  rub hard or scrub
• v  rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
• s  worn away as by water or ice or wind

• Soldiers scoured Bucharest house by house, digging out the last die-hard rebels, confiscating some 5,000 rifles, revolvers and machine guns, cases of hand grenades and ammunition.
• We just scoured the Web for best-of-breeds and some new faves, and took special pains to pay tribute to the under-appreciated.
• We scoured the country to find places, things and activities that speak to the real America.

• scour
• scrub
• abrade
• flush
• purge
• eroded

News & Articles

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• Searchers No signs of missing Texas man
  Twenty searchers continued the hunt Thursday for Mitchell Dale Stehling, a 51-year-old Texas man who has been missing since Sunday at Mesa Verde National Park.Fifty searchers scoured the uneven terrain earlier in the week, but as of Thursday morning, 20 remained. The search will continue, said Betty Lieurance, a park information...
  June 14, 2013 - The Durango Herald
• Vasquez scours $97M budget
  LAWRENCE -- A city councilor last night made more than 60 separate motions to cut Mayor William Lantigua's budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, sparing few departments as he scoured for savings of as little as $169 in the $97 million spendin
  June 13, 2013 - The Eagle-Tribune
• Emmy nominations ballot 2013: Surprises from 'Game of Thrones,' 'Downton Abbey,' 'Mad Men,' 'Bunheads' and more
  The official ballots for the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards are now available online, and while they won't tell us who's going to be nominated, they can tell us who won't be.We scoured the ballots to dig up the notable omissions (if you were hoping for an Arya Stark nomination, better luck next year) and surprising inclusions (go get your directing nomination, Jennifer Love Hewitt!).Where's ...
  June 12, 2013 - Zap2It

Quotes

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• Adam Archuleta in SI.com
  A lot of things have been going through my mind,Archuleta said. "I've pretty much scoured every subject known to man in the last six months of my life, so we'll see."
• Ransom Myers in Nassau Guardian
  From giant blue marlin to mighty bluefin tuna, and from tropical groupers to Antarctic cod, industrial fishing has scoured the global ocean. There is no blue frontier left,said Ransom Myers, a fisheries biologist at Dalhousie University in...