rummage

It happened place by place, inch by inch, a dusty disco ball left in the rummage while a Starbucks or a boutique gym rose to serve the freshly gentrified block around it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Jouppi swore he had no idea; bush pilots do not rummage through their passengers’ bags.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

"Given the public interest, I would have expected to be informed rather than having to rummage through the council’s lengthy statement of accounts," she said.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The Dominican nuns who run the kitchen prepare food for about 80 elderly or destitute people -- growing numbers of Cubans are forced to rummage through garbage bins for food -- each day.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Mr. Retro calls out, and everyone in line seems to rummage through their bags.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Deiri Fayyad rummages through dustbins in the Lebanese capital Beirut in search of plastics and other discarded materials to be recycled.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2023

An hour in, the setup is still going on as Rom rummages through old photographs, putting together connections the audience has never been privy to.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2023

Your browser rummages through with the server, looking for a way to convince you that the page is trustworthy for a purchase.

From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2022

When Alex, defying her mother and grandmother’s orders, rummages through the box, she finds an entire life that Maia has never shared with her.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022

Molly puts the kettle on for tea and rummages through the cupboards, finding steel-cut oats and dried cranberries, walnuts, and honey.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The state claimed he faked the move to dodge millions of dollars in taxes and allegedly rummaged through his trash for evidence of California residence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

She rummaged around for a second and suggested a triangle with an exclamation point in it, which would signal a bit of excitement but clear danger too.

From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025

St. John rummaged with his bare hands through broken beams and burnt kitchen appliances, hopeful that he’d be able to salvage something to remember the pizzeria as it once was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

It has previously emerged that the weapon had been discovered by a man who often rummaged through the grocery store’s refuse to gather recyclable items.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

This one, where she and her mother had rummaged through the bins for old sheets to use as curtains, was no different.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

At the warehouse in Bangkok's Nonthaburi suburb, the sound of people rummaging through products and plastic crates clattering against shopping carts echoes through the building.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

The Framers feared officers rummaging through homes and papers because they understood something permanent about institutional power.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

While rummaging through some old boxes in his grandparents' loft, a music-mad 15-year-old schoolboy discovered an old mixtape hidden amongst his late uncle's belongings.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025

They must bob for apples and drop them into a bucket next to their basin before rummaging through a measly pile of autumn-colored leaves in search of a golden leaf.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2025

She’d been rummaging in the pockets of her anorak, and now she held out a crumpled piece of paper.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro