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After an 8 1/2-year stint and honorable discharge as a communications specialist and recon sergeant with the Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 151st Artillery of the Minnesota National Guard and Army Reserve, Marlin found time to embrace his love of cooking.
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The company is in the running for potentially lucrative Army programs to field new medium- and long-range recon drones.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Phoenix Ghost likely operates as a hunter-killer combination of long-loiter recon drones working with multiple kamikaze drones.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
And after one of those recon missions to the kitchen the PA came into the writers room and told Eric that the dinner for that evening would be a potato bar.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
The company is in the running for potentially lucrative Army programs to field new medium- and long-range recon drones.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Phoenix Ghost likely operates as a hunter-killer combination of long-loiter recon drones working with multiple kamikaze drones.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
And after one of those recon missions to the kitchen the PA came into the writers room and told Eric that the dinner for that evening would be a potato bar.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recon
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The unit soon started making their own drone bombs and by March 2023, Birds of Magyar had grown from a reconnaissance platoon into a strike drone company.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The commandos’ raid into the heart of Seoul on Jan. 21, 1968 — and North Korea’s seizure of the American reconnaissance ship U.S.S. Pueblo two days later — marked one of the peaks of Cold War tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Jackson wowed scouts with a three-sack performance in a 24-21 loss at Alabama that season.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
26 Apr. 2025
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In the 12 months after his arrival, Bayern Munich sent scouts to the London Stadium to monitor his development.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Others, however, merely remove certain names and terms from search results.—
Antón Barba-Kay,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2025
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Google is predicting a spike in search volumes this month for terms related to the recession that came to define the late 2000s.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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See Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton and More The Prince and Princess of Wales once shared that their children previously celebrated Easter with a kid-favorite tradition: an egg hunt!—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Sunday, April 20 Easter egg hunt: Families can have a fun and festive Easter with an egg hunt and photos with the Easter bunny at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 20 at the Poway Library, 13137 Poway Road.—
Pomerado News,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Recon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recon. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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