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

The old and young rummage through garbage bins searching for something to eat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

General warrants and writs of assistance enraged the colonies precisely because they allowed British officials to rummage through homes and businesses without individualized suspicion.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

“A few. How about Perfect Petunia Petal Pink. Goodness. Say that ten times real fast. Or …” She continues to rummage through her drawer.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

It remains a vehicle for pain and sorrow, a ballad from a forgotten world, a book that rummages around in the marrow of things.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

He rummages through his stash of salvaged parts in the garden shed and locates a pair of replacements.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022

He rummages through all the things only to almost stick with the exact outfit he arrived wearing, but calls up a dark denim jacket for the needed layer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022

She rummages around in her handbag, which is hanging off the back of her chair.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

On Wednesday, authorities were seen carrying out suitcases, bins and hard-shelled storage cases as they rummaged through a storage unit behind an apartment building in the 4200 block of Marquesas Way in Marina del Rey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

Daoud rummaged around in the shoebox and lifted out a bottle filled with a silvery, almost-mercurial fluid.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

In the garage, he begins rummaging through the shelves, looking for something that might pass as a blanket.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

I’ve always been leery of short-term rentals, and my friends’ recent experience is further proof that rummaging through an online grab bag of properties isn’t for me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Lupita reached into the bag and after some rummaging found the matches.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty