riffle
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Where customers used to pay €30 for a meticulously crafted dollhouse wardrobe, they are now more likely to riffle through smaller items — such as cast-iron typewriters or lamps — that cost less than €5.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
He makes some questionable moves himself, like allowing Vivian to riffle through the discovery documents, and the two become unlikely, close friends.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2022
They had a name for every riffle in the river.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2021
Wyoming’s rivers would be difficult to monitor for enforcing closures because temperatures fluctuate widely throughout the day and from riffle to hole, said David Zafft, fish management coordinator for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
I was hurrying along, looking for a shallow riffle so I could wade across, when the voices of my dogs stopped.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Canada geese rode over the riffles in the channel.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
All proved extremely willing to take dry flies cast behind rocks or into seams at the edge of riffles.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022
Home Creek riffles through the canyon and underfoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
Natural river features such as riffles - shallower, faster moving sections of a stream - have been restored to attract white-clawed crayfish and brown trout.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022
He riffles the edges of his paperwork and gazes at me sadly.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
One former White House official told the Times that Trump would notice if anyone had riffled through the materials and or were not arranged in a particular way.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2023
When fresh copies arrived, we riffled the pages to see whether certain changes had been made.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
He travelled from the Caucasus Mountains to Israel and beyond, and riffled through archives, to unearth ancient ‘founder’ grape varieties.
From Nature ● May 29, 2018
Told that Mets fans might prefer a more definitive answer, he riffled through some papers on his desk and laughed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015
Brigit riffled inside and retrieved old styluses, a moldy Marveller-bar, and a huge skeleton key imprinted with a diamond and wrapped in thread.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
I felt a little wrong riffling through them, but I was inspired to witness a collective will to live.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025
In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential".
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2023
It is there in the park where her children played when they were young, riffling through the boughs of the palo verde trees, stalking her as she tries to live her life quietly.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2022
Yesterday, in the front yard, I noticed a spot of grass riffling amid the calm sea of blades.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2020
I scramble to my feet, riffling through my closet for a clean skirt and pulling off my nightgown without even asking for the privacy I usually demand while changing.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
