rummage

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

Its flashing lights and internet connectivity foretell a future in which kids won’t rummage around in the toy box at all, opting instead for more and more screen time.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026

I feel like I need to bring something with me, so I rummage through the kitchen cupboard.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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

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

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

Aunt Lydia rummages in her pocket, produces a crumpled piece of paper.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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

Then we rummaged through counter drawers until we found some kitchen twine and a pair of scissors.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

At the time, resale brought to mind old, dusty clothes in the back of a closet and rummaging through thrift store racks just to put on someone else’s shoes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

They were both rummaging for treasure at one of the junk stalls.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

Chatrie asks whether the Constitution still remembers that lesson once the rummaging happens through data instead of drawers.

From Slate ● May 20, 2026

Sefia grabbed her pack from the floor and began rummaging around inside it, her fingers groping for the shape of the book.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee