How to Use scouting in a Sentence

scouting

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  • Koh Samui was one of the final stops on the scouting tour.
    Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Last year was the first time Jeremiah was at the top of the scouting report.
    Keith Jenkins, The Enquirer, 13 May 2022
  • So did Joey and Jesse Buss along with members of the team’s scouting staff.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Poles has been with the Chiefs for 13 years, working his way up the scouting ranks.
    Colleen Kane, chicagotribune.com, 24 Jan. 2022
  • All are ranked in the top 30 by most scouting services.
    Rick Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2021
  • The Mets and the Phillies couldn’t say the same about its scouting and development in 2021.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The scouting reports on Romeo were not at the top of anyone’s stack.
    Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The scouting process starts this week in Chicago with the combine.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 17 May 2022
  • The day before their hunt, Orwig went to the farm to do some last-minute scouting.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Guardians over Rays in 3: The scouting reports will tell you that the Rays are clearly the better team.
    USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The team said Snee will be involved in both college and pro scouting.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 10 May 2024
  • Even with the advances of modern scouting, some players just slip through the cracks.
    The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Travers, living in the states for more than two months, was in Chicago for the scouting combine.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 July 2022
  • Here’s his advice for taking a scouting trip to find a new home abroad.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Irving was the Reds’ bullpen catcher for the last three years and did advance scouting work.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Ducks’ fans might want to tune into that one for a little scouting.
    Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Bridges smiled when asked if Notae is at the top of the Bulldogs' scouting report.
    Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Van Lith, is likely to be the team's go-to scorer and on the top of every team's scouting report.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2021
  • On Tuesday, the NFL released the list of 2024 draft prospects who were invited to the scouting combine.
    Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • If my scouting report changes, Travis can get more open.
    Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Phifer is at least the fifth departure from the Lions' scouting staff.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2021
  • The Penn State game was step one in turning into a type of player teams put at the top of scouting reports.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 27 July 2023
  • In our first week of scouting, the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2022
  • There were no scouting reports to be had, no base of knowledge on which to rely.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Since Hannah White was 7 years old, there was one name at the top of every scouting report.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Furphy, 19, is on a fact-finding mission at the week-long scouting event.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
  • Tuesday dawned a few days of clear of the annual scouting combine and more than a week shy of the league's new year and free agency.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The shooter and the sleuth both know open looks will become harder and harder as Kosakowski climbs to the top of scouting reports.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • While the work for McClay’s scouting department reaches as far back as when this current crop of players entered college, the process ramps into full speed with the beginning of Senior Bowl week.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Maxine was a devoted mother, patiently pushing her children to be their best, have an open mind, help others, and explore the world of education, travel, music and scouting, all with a sense of adventure.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

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