Antonyms for scouringscour·ing

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1. scouringnoun

   moving over territory to search for something

   "scouring the entire area revealed nothing"

   Synonyms:
   scrubbing, scrub

2. scrub, scrubbing, scouringnoun

   the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

   Synonyms:
   bush, chaparral, scrub, scrubbing

How to use scouring in a sentence?

1. Jennifer Atenza:

   Oceanside detectives were scouring areas like that knowing that’s kind of what she is known to frequent.

2. Jason Marsteiner:

   (Authorities) probably have some of their best people in the nation out there looking for him and they haven't found no sign of him, the 25,000 acres, it sounds big, but when you've got that many people scouring the area it's really not.

3. Emma Thompson:

   A couple of years ago I was just washing the dishes and I seen the sponges with the scouring pads, and I just thought it’d be quite interesting to try one of them, ever since that I’ve been addicted to eating them. I just have to soak them in (dishwashing liquid) and then chew on them. I always have to make sure I have sponges in the house.

4. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   We are literally scouring the globe for medical supplies.

5. Gary Rieschel:

   They have hundreds of people scouring the startup universe in China, India, the United States.

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