riffle
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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
Squads of scientists have packed in 1,000 pounds of gear by mule train for riverscape surveys, counting fish in every riffle, glide and pool.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2020
We riffle through several more natural wines – all made with almost zero mechanical or chemical intervention – and they are certainly intriguing.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2017
As statistician Persi Diaconis has shown, six to eight riffle shuffles are usually necessary.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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
When fresh copies arrived, we riffled the pages to see whether certain changes had been made.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
He pulled out a cardboard box full of little metal templates for different airlines and riffled through them.
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2020
Merriman had been researching the African-American Muslim diaspora, and she riffled through her notes.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
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
I did as I was told, listening to the squeak of hangers on the rack while Miss Lacey riffled through the clothes.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Will film and television never tire of riffling through the bones of dead Kennedys?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
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
Sahil said, riffling the pages of my notebook, which was on the table, and looking at me questioningly.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
