The Pillars of the Earth vocabulary

You get a nap and I'll reconnoitre. I'll finish this rescue all right, but I want time, time, lots of it

Jack London. The Iron Heel. 

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He got away from Mr Charrington and went down the stairs alone, so as not to let the old man see him reconnoitering the street before stepping out of the door.

George Orwell. 1984 (1949)

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Tommy Hawk: Awright, we reconnoitered last night—team hawk—you remember, so this is the Rodriguez brothers: high-value target.

Comedy Central. Reno 911! Season 5: Tommy Hawk (2008)

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Weyrother had been twice that evening to the enemy’s picket line to reconnoiter personally,

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman . Simon & Schuster 

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I begged him to remain in a sheltered place, while I went on to reconnoitre;