Verb (used with object) : to scour pots and pans. ,to scour grease from pots and pans. ,to scour the nation of spies. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : The roasting pan scours easily. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : Sand is a good scour. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : They scoured the countryside for the lost child. From Dictionary.com.
On Friday, we again scoured the critical responses to find out what everyone's saying. From Wordnik.com. [Rounding Up The ‘Avatar’ Reviews… » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
Shortly, he set out with 200 ships and "scoured" the seas and in 90 days, cleared the Pirates. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Especially the image of them sitting huddled together in the dark as the winds "scoured" the house. From Wordnik.com. [a number of things] Reference
We kind of scoured our usual database of creative reference, horror films and music and came up with this. From Wordnik.com. [Format Magazine Urban Art Fashion] Reference
'scoured' for 'mood congruence', according to Dr Slater. From Wordnik.com. [IMT Home] Reference
The pilgrims returned after explosives experts scoured the area. From Wordnik.com. [30,000 Tourists Evacuated From Lourdes After Bomb Threat] Reference
Well, we've scoured the Web just for you -- afterhours, of course. From Wordnik.com. [ONLINE: TIME WELL WASTED] Reference
Moore and his casting director scoured the globe to find their Damien. From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary's Babies] Reference
As policyholders fled, Jenrette desperately scoured the world for capital. From Wordnik.com. [A Deal They Can't Refuse?] Reference
Lucky for you, we scoured the Internet looking for good deals on GPS units. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber Monday deals on GPS navigation systems] Reference
The paper under Keller's leadership will be scoured for these types of biases. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Copy: 'Let's Move On'] Reference
Disney promptly scoured the studio for more such projects, even "" China Doll. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Warrior] Reference
For the rest of the day and overnight, authorities scoured the woods for Freeland. From Wordnik.com. [68 Bullets] Reference
Turkish Cooking The Sultans 'cooks scoured the empire to bring new dishes to his table. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Kelhawk: Turkish Delights in Istanbul: 2010 European Capital of Culture] Reference
Forbes scoured the offerings from more than 40 major U.S. retailers, looking for deals. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Back-To-School Deals] Reference
As the death toll rose to more than 360, survivors scoured posters for missing loved ones. From Wordnik.com. [Al Qaeda: 'Got to Take That Shot'] Reference
Had it not been his own funeral, Rabbi Meir Kahane would have scoured the crowd for recruits. From Wordnik.com. [The High Price Of Hatred] Reference
The McCain campaign also scoured the state for other endorsers, no matter how ancient or obscure. From Wordnik.com. [Friends in High Places] Reference
Democrats, meanwhile, scoured the county for people willing to claim they had accidentally misvoted. From Wordnik.com. [Clouds Over The Sunshine State] Reference
Each Monday morning, the weekend box-office receipts are scoured for signs of the national direction. From Wordnik.com. [Tinseltown Follies] Reference
A few weeks ago, following my own advice from a prior CFL posting, I scoured the Web for recycling options. From Wordnik.com. [Where, oh where, can I recycle my CFL?] Reference
Since 1982 they've scoured hundreds of kilometers of sidewalk a day at a yearly cost of about 7 million euro. From Wordnik.com. [O To Be A Dog In Paris!] Reference
I hung on every report coming from Pakistan and scoured Dawn, Pakistan's English-language newspaper, on the Web. From Wordnik.com. [‘Triumph Turned into Tragedy’] Reference
We have scoured the scheule for of some of the most bizarre, unique, and outlandish events taking place this year. From Wordnik.com. [Boulder International Fringe Festival: Some Of This Year's Craziest Events] Reference
She scoured the columns for items about herself and was something of a celebrity hound, once following Garbo for blocks. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady And The Legend] Reference
It scoured scouting reports on everything from Shaq's basketball ability to his family background to his 20EEE shoe size. From Wordnik.com. [Opening Soon: A Love Shaq?] Reference
For three months earlier this year, staffers scoured the system for the toys 'missing parts -- salvaging all but 1 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
For another top job, Li scoured the mainland for recruits before finally poaching one from one of his Taiwan-based vendors. From Wordnik.com. [HELP WANTED] Reference
They scoured records and re-enacted the crime in a Chicago park, concluding that the original police reports didn't add up. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Two Days Shy Of Martyrdom] Reference
Wallinger and his team scoured eBay for just the same brand of plush toy badger and weathered banners by soaking them in puddles. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond The Barricade] Reference
I can still vividly recall the pivotal day 34 years ago when my father and I scoured the pawnshops along Denver's Larimer Street. From Wordnik.com. [Engineering A New Image] Reference
Back in Suva Reka, the surviving Albanians hid in their houses until May, when the Serbs scoured the town and drove them all away. From Wordnik.com. [’Daddy, They’Re Killing Us’] Reference
Jolted by the oil shocks of the 1970s, Brazilians scoured the map for hidden reserves, hoping to wean the nation off imported oil. From Wordnik.com. [The Nimble Monopoly] Reference
Perched in plain view at the front of the dais, China's economic czar scoured over another document and occasionally scribbled notes. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Power] Reference
For the last several months I scoured the classifieds and sent out resumes to find a job that would coincide with day care and pregnancy. From Wordnik.com. [From The Welfare Rolls, A Mother's View] Reference
Even as the police and military scoured our cars, bags and persons for explosives, they would wind up the search with a "have a nice day.". From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Good People Of Salt Lake] Reference
Saviano, 28, infiltrated the Camorra in his hometown near Naples and scoured court records to research his best-selling novel, "Gomorrah.". From Wordnik.com. [Why America’s Point Man On China Is Running Into a Wall] Reference
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