flip through
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Among them facsimiles of relevant ephemera are bound in mismatching formats: foldout drawings, transparencies, die-cuttings and pamphlets whose archival relevance you must flip through to ascertain.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024
The officers flip through papers as several men sit expectantly inside.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023
Some of the travelers have books cracked open on their laps, and they flip through pages or pass the book to their seatmate.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023
Sometimes he’ll flip through a pile of papers or react to testimony with a grimace or other expression.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023
I flip through it to see that someone—Gram, probably—has underlined certain phrases and words and starred some of the poems.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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