Example Sentences

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Flying thousands of feet above the Sierra Nevada in a plane equipped with specialized imaging devices, Elizabeth Carey has been scanning the mountains with lasers to precisely map the snow.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

It turns out Yahoo — now a division of Oath! — has been scanning Yahoo Mail inboxes for years and then selling that data to advertisers.

From The Verge • Aug. 29, 2018

Dean Kinsella has been scanning the lineups: “Cook versus Clarke must be an encouraging omen for Bournemouth.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 8, 2015

Since January, a phalanx of editors, writers and interns has been scanning the horizons for funnels of fury.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2014

During his daughter's performance Nilikanthe has been scanning the faces around him, but none reveals any emotion other than the pleasure of listening.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel