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Recent Examples of recon
Kubrick immerses viewers in trench life and drains scenes of recon missions and battle of any glamor.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Why Bathroom Access Is a Public Health Issue Scout the menu and restroom facilities before a date
Before heading out on a date, do a little recon on the venue.
—Claire Sibonney, TIME, 4 June 2024
The recon team find and locate targets, passing the co-ordinates to the Lancet operator, who flies to the spot, confirms the target, and guides the Lancet in for the kill.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
That meant the recon team had to either manage an escape on their own or face almost certain death.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
Why Bathroom Access Is a Public Health Issue Scout the menu and restroom facilities before a date
Before heading out on a date, do a little recon on the venue.
—Claire Sibonney, TIME, 4 June 2024
The recon team find and locate targets, passing the co-ordinates to the Lancet operator, who flies to the spot, confirms the target, and guides the Lancet in for the kill.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
That meant the recon team had to either manage an escape on their own or face almost certain death.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recon
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Satellite imagery, drone reconnaissance, and signals intelligence can pinpoint vulnerabilities, enabling impactful, low-risk strikes.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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We had been directed by the Lebanese army—which maintains a reconnaissance and policing role in the south—to go to the Rest House, a gated resort.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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As our film contract stipulates, Han and Leo have been put up in the Bowery Hotel during the two-day shoot — two days, at least, when the loft is safe — and the location scout grabs photos of the destruction.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Poets and cub scouts, romantics and scientists, people young and old around the world have looked up and been dazzled by the flecks of light speckled across the night’s inky canvas.Abbey Stone, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024
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During the search, officers found a plastic pencil box in the passenger seat containing cocaine, methamphetamine and oxycodone tablets.Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Captain Scott says his office conducted a search for Lashaunda on May 21 that spanned 15-20 miles along the highway near Lashaunda’s home.Anna Turning, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The hunt for a fugitive who spent weeks on the run after allegedly calling in a bear attack to cover up a murder came to a close after he was recognized at a hospital this weekend.Christina Coulter, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Sign up Anti-gay 'hunts' The recent flare-up of violence appears to have been linked to homophobic rhetoric by high-profile social media influencers.Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Recon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recon. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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