skirrs

present tense third-person singular of skirr
as in searches
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations

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  • Once inside, Shamos searches for sensitive data, Apple Notes, Keychain items, browser passwords, and even cryptocurrency wallets.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • So when a woman vanishes, leaving her car behind in a supermarket parking lot, Sloan searches online for similar cases.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The film explores the 1936-39 Arab Revolt in which Palestinians rose up against Britain’s colonial rule, against a backdrop of rising Jewish immigration following the country’s support for the establishment of a national home for the Jews in Palestine with the 1917 Balfour Declaration.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Co-written with Claire Douglas, Hannah Ellis, and Jason Massey, the song explores the uneasy tendency to sabotage our own happiness, pairing wistful guitars with Velasco's soaring vocals.
    Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Skirrs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirrs. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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